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could it bo otherwise, that when treachery had | with the other. If this (Mr. CJs) rule of
once tainted its victim, tl.e v.ct.m should per ect P||j£ ““^ P f ( * e |n0 , t important truths
the treachery ; m nh. Mr. M. could understand nothing
The gentleman from Ohio (.Mr. W e * le . r I ^miVmnn’s remarks than the iin-
■a “ . »i,,r the President had been else from the gentleman’s
“W* puialion .bl.t WJ--;
^ ^ i .1 • *r»Qw«a” not iimatft tn flie P r entte /IiaD wu.u I
wanted office; that their
But, I will in-
‘ voracious maws” not I iimateto the gentleman what 1 have before said
be 1 „i^,a^he J h.d,u 7 dn» r b^
geuiieiuaii wuuiu i.a.*.• - y - , t nt u. I Federal Government; of the President as that
-lent; If.reports be true si ouW Or at gentle bed.ra. ^ ^ ^
•fixed fact'
President
party had been dashed
^cSr b the°^harge^f havShe^.ns^ttble Tppe- | aj(£* it!, that experience did not serve to teach
ur ine . g .? ,i in . ,u e thirst 1 ,fte Democratic party, and they were going to
for office°happens not" to be confined to repeat the same experiment; that ‘faclf was
Whigs alone. No doubt that there was a e"
rush on their patt as soon as they had ’
stalled in power. Many honest and ,0
men had been hurled from office for no o t r
reason than that they had an or'" 1 " 11 of h ® lr
own. They came forward qu^kly to have the
stigma wiped from their characters, which offi
cial tyranny had stamped upon them. But it is
a fact, which is disgraceful to both parties, that
too many of their members desire office for the
« • . . . — — ♦! But the Demo-
gains which it brings to them.
crats seem to have much rapacity for office too,
and have proved a source of gre it v«*xuMmiint
the White House. The same letter to which I
before referred has this remark:
“ I am glad to find that your Tyler clique» in New
York are becoming more orderly and governable. I
thought at one time, from their continued lush to the
Capitol, that a new party, under the name of “ Want-
to get-into-the-custom-houss Party;” would cany all
before them; for there was no want of applicants for
Collectors, Postmasters, Marshals, Navy Agents, Uis-
the veto power, in the hands of the President;
that in the Democratic ranks there were discon
tent and division in reference to the succession;
that some persons connected with the Adminis
tration intended soon to have a word to say in the
next Presidential election; and that the interest
of no party would be advanced by a fierce attack
upon the President, and he deemed it material
to be frank upon that point now. Now, with
these propositions, what other could follow, but
that the Administration would elect in the use
of its friendship, which means the patronage of
the Government and the exercise of the veto
io bestow the one and to use or withhold
the oili-r, a' --mil! subserve the interest of party
friends ? And who would be its friends but
those who sustained its measures, and were not
“ loo furious” in their opposition to the President?
And why talk of being frank in your statements,
if nothing was meant by it—no agreement to be
understood ? Could language be plaineror logic
more clear than that which deduces this crown-
this course. Mr. M. was opposed to making
family jars public, spectacles. He was willing
to take the castigation, if, in so doing, lie could
hide the wounds which family feuds had made.
He would have been veiy willing to have cover
ed up the divisions whicli existed in the ranks
of his opponents; but this seemed now to be a
hopeless matter, and they had themselves be
come careless and indifferent as to their expo
sure. The gentleman from Indiana, (Mr. Ken
nedy) had tried very diligently to cover up all
their difficulties; be thrust most desperately at
us ; said some hard things; appealed to old pie-
judices; spoke of our unworthiness, and the vast
superiority of his own friends. But all this would
not do; there was no response; and in the bit
terness of grief, in a moment of almost frenzied
sorrow, be bid us to stand aloof and let their
family quarrel aloue. Mr. M. said he should
abide the admonition, and leave the family to its
tumults. The “ cohesive principle" which bad
Correspondence of the North American.
Washington, Jan. 15, 1843.
A secret malign influence has been most in
dustriously exercised here upon the subject of
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Times.—The Philadelphia North Amer
ican says that a statement from the Treasurer of
the Girard Fund has been made public, which
Election Sermons.—The good old custom of I furnishes a practical comment upon the financial
! haSfrST,*,!. preached before .he wood,,, of ,he,o da vs . - - '
on the result. There is not a man in either
House of Congress who has any expectation
that any such proposition can pass this Congress.
All three plans are equally out of the question—
Tyler’s, Cashing’s and Tallmadge’s. The only
object now sought by those who are moving in
this matter here, is to divide the Whig party, and
alienate its different sections from each other as
much as possible—the Southern and Western
from the Northern and Eastern. The enemy
has been sowing tares, but they will not ‘come
«P-’
Say what we will about the present impossi
bility and inexpediency of a National Bank, we
must remember that though if is unpopular
among the mass of the people at the North and
trict Attorneys, &c., and, if the applicants themselves j n g proposition from such premises? And the
were to be credited, those high functionaries were^ ut jj are statement of these propositions had not fail-
sorry fellows at best. Although none has succeeded,
or is likely to succeed, yet ever and anon a poor ‘ faint
and wayworn traveller’ finds his way down here with
his pockets full of letters of recommendation from the
malcontents, representing you all to be without the
capacity or the inclination to do the least service to
the President; and these denunciations generally cud
by the complainant’s asking for an office.
Then it seems, continued Mr. M., that the
President is beieagured by office hunters from
the Democracy, and, when he places them in
power around him, they fail not to consult all
the artifices of their address to seduce him from
an honest, straightforward path, into private ways
and by-paths, where they may practice upon
him their arts of petit larceny, robbing him even
of the slight habiliments which now serve to hide
his nakedness. But what does this letter of
complaint show? That there must be between
the President and his followers a quid pro quo for
every favor asked and every service rendered.
Office is asked with the understanding that the
“ ability and capacity to serve the President," not
the country, can be afforded, and office is grant
ed, with the understanding that that “ability
and capacity" are made effective in serving the
President. What is this but a bargain—a con
tract—an agreement to do a particular thing—
between parties capable and willing to contract,
and actually contracting, and the performance
under that contract of some service, which strips
the transaction in law of that want of considera
tion which would render the agreement a nudum
pactum ?
And what was lhai bargain to which the gen
tleman from Virginia (Mr. Wise) alluded, which
he so bitterly denounced the other day as carry
ing on its face a “ damning suspicion V' The
public never said that it amounted to more than
an agreement for office for each of the parties.
And what is the fact disclosed by this White
House letter? That office is conferred upon
those only who have the “ability and capacity”
to serve the President, and those who receive
offices must employ that “ ability and capacity”
in his service.
This is the scene enacting behind the curtain
at the White House; and forthwith the gentle
man from Massachusetts, (Mr. Cushing,) the
accredited friend and counsellor of the President,
comes upon this floor, in a debate upon the re
peal of the bankrupt law, uninduced by any thing
before said and repeats whatit seeinshad before
been heard elsewhere in rehersals that the Admj n .
istration must have friends, and that it posses
ed of its effect. The gentleman from Indiana
(Mr. Kennedy) had promptly responded to them,
disclaiming any intention to bid, and to have ac
knowledged it would have been too barefaced,
but assured the gentleman that the Democracy
would not encounter the “fixed fact" in their
legislation at the incoming Congress; which was
to say. “declare your will, and we will execute
it.” But as the gentleman now say.? he did not
intend to sell, I suppose the sale is postponed for
the present. [Laughter.]
[Mr. Cushing (Mr M. again yielding the floor for
explanation) said that the gentleman had pul him a
question which was based on tiie assumption that he
(Mr. C.) had done a particular thing in this House.
Mr. C. had replied by contradicting the assumption
and challenging proof, exhibiting demonstration on
that point, and the gentleman said that lie had prac
tised the Yankee mode of answering a question bv
asking another. It was not so; Mr. C. had answered
emphatically and fully, covering the whole ground,
and he now begged leave to ask the gentleman a ques
tion ; Would the gentleman he good enough to put his
finger on a single sentence of that speech which, either
as a Whig or Democrat, the gentleman would aver to
be unjust in principle or untrue in fact? If he would,
Mr. C. would pledge himself to show, hv exhibition of
the authority of some of the highest, and best men that
had lived in the United States since the Revolution,
that propositions of the same tenor had before been
made.]
Mr. M. resumed. lie bad referred the gen
tleman to his whole speech; he seemed unwill
ing to scan it; he referred him to it again ; and
when he shall have read it throughout, calmly
and dispassionately, lie would find more in it
than lie seems willing to admit noic is there, and
more than he ought ever to have put there.—
Even the gentleman from Virginia, (Mr. Wise,)
from the manner in which he had undertaken
the otlrer day to explain away the gentleman’s
speech, had evinced an nnuttered conviction,
that the construction placed upon the speech
was not altogether foreign toils legitimate mean
ing. The gentleman says that lie will show,
upon the authority of the highest s.nd best men
of the -uumry, that similar propositions have
before been made. Mr. M. did not doubt this.
Frequent charges had been made of similar com
binations. and public sentiment had condemed
them. Does their recurrence justify them ? or
does the knowledge of their existence by the
“highest and best men” ol the country give them
a passport to our approval ? or does the existence
of like propositions negative the fact that those
now being debated ever had an existence? lie
hitherto bound them together seemed too weak j E as t, and though our politicians there have be-
to preserve the union. j come much weaned from their first longing for
Mr. M. could not help thinking, when he heard i y et al t ]ie South and West it is the only great
such violent declamations from the other side, ; object now sought by the people. There it is
how unsubstautial it was and how very deceptive 1 stronger than the Whig party. The great mass
it was to those who believed or thought there 0 f the people of Arkansas, Missouri, Mississippi,
would be a serious contest by the opposition in j Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois and Indiana, with-
tlie next Presidential election. The people : 0U ( distinction of party, look forward to this mea-
abroad expected a warm and animated contest, sure as t|,e only one that can ever effectually re
but the resistance which would be presented |jeve them from their long accumulated woes
seemed more like a shadow than a substance.— j and wants. The final destruction and removal
The Democracy were united, while the whole i 0 f the last relies of the local Banks in that re
party warred against the Whigs; but now, when I gj on j s bringing the whole people to this conclu-
tlie selection is to be made, who shall wear the j s i on , j n spite of the senseless jangle of Locofoco
robes, confusion and discord have scattered them : leaders. One year hence, the cry for a National
abroad, and divided and broken their front. The i Bank will become universal throughout all the
heterogeneous mass has many candidates for the 1 great West; and the movement will be irresisti-
honor—some whose claims are growing very > hie from the Lakes to the Gulf. The party
stale, and must now be canvassed or never; they j which then opposes itself to that determined re
the beginning of each political year.—which cus- | nificent monument tothe memory of the beqiieth
ut’gmumu uicdtu pumiudi ycui,—nuivi. | — — - - .* .
i has descended from the’ puritans,—is yet ! er, has dwindled to a pittance ; b631,b98 ol it has
served in Massachusetts. The sermon for been expended; the balance is in depreciated
tom
preserved
the present year was delivered on Saturday week, ; stocks, whose market value is about §675,000.
and it appears that the clergyman, the Rev. Mr. The §500,000 which was to have made tie
Jackson, performed his duty with too much fi- I Delaware front of Philadelphia ihe most imposing
delity to Him whose commission he bears, to of river sides, is in stocks ol a like character,
suit the present majority of the Senate. In oth-I The $16,000 which was to have warmed t e
er words, he preached the truth with such power j fireside of many a poor housekeeper, yeildeil in
and pungency, that when he described the total . the year6155. and is worth in the inaiket §5.000.
Loco Foco Senators 1 The residuary fund of §0*25,055 ol stock and
depravity of man, the new Loco .
thought he meant them. They therefore op- loans, yielding nothing during the year, tlow
posed the ordinary vote of thanks to the minister much if is worth, is a problem that time, not
for his sermon, and an amusing debate was the j mathemafies, must decide. The receipts into
consequence. Mr. Quincy, however,—a gentle- , the treasury during the year were §245r275.9-.
man of infinite wit and pleasantry,—finally | The balance in the treasury at the end of year
laughed them out of their foolish opposition.— was S34 ? 5)i2,6(J. W ho needs a better sermon
We quote the following passage from oneol his [jhanthis upon the vanity of wealtn .
, amusing little speeches upon the question :— j ;—_ r ~~ .
| “ Mr. Quincy remarked, that he unfortunately | Another Case iff Lu-nscicnce. We some days
| did not hear the Sermon, and therefore could since noticed the restonu’ion of a sum of money
! not judge of it by hearsay. He, however, was j by an individual who, years before, had know-
in favor of passing the usual vote of thanks to a ] mgly passed two counterfeit notes upon two cm
clergyman who had openly and fearlessly stated
his opinions, particularly as they seemed to be
unpopular. That, according to thestrictest sect,
he was brought up at Andover, and had learned
there, that ilia; there was a curse upon those
who said to the prophets, “ Prophesy unto us
smooth things.” That he would not believe
that the Rev. gentleman had made an v mtention-
I al attack upon any class or party, as such, for | the extent of the sum named. Being unable to
! that was not the custom in the pulpit. That the j find the persons he had directly injured, he de-
present many aspirants to the people, but they
will not be permitted to elect all, and they are
too weak to elect any one. Division is among
them, and is premonitory of defeat; it they are
not courting it, why do they not rally and pre
sent their candidate? If they can make a selec
tion, why not meet at once and harmonize? But
do they fear a failure, and consequently a certain
overthrow, by attempting a reconciliation and
not possessing the power to accomplish it ? Is
there to be a convention ? It is said that there
may be a fair convention of the party; il so,
when and where is it to be held ? r I lie party
doubtless have little hope of any united action
solution of a desperate people, will be disorgan
ized and exterminated. This, then, is no time
for us to abandon that greatest and most vital
Whig measure of relief-—the indispensable act,
without which all the rest are nought.
Observe how every day’s movements are bring
ing this result about. The Locofoco Legisla
tures of Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, and
other States similarly situated, are, in their blind
ness, admirably accomplishing this purpose by
their savage and ruinous legislation against their
own State banks. These institutions were crea
ted under the impulse and inspiiation of Jackson,
Benton. Woodbury and Van Buren, to supply
“ a better currency” on the destruction of the
J, consequently, no hope of success in 1844.
Although he was no prophet, he would pre-j United States Bank. It was by the illusive vi-
dict, without the hazard of having that predic- sions and wild schemes elms engendered, that
tion condemned by the reality, that, should the ; those people were then made drunk and mad to
Democratic party present hut one candidate for: self-destruction. The final sweeping away of
the next Presidency and Vice Presidency, that the last relics of those miserable humbug .lack-
candidate for President would bn Daniel Web
ster, and that candidate for the Vice Presidency
would be John C. Spencer! And it was right
that this should be so : for they are the first men
who ever placed a “halo of glory” around the
“principles” of that party. The principle of
gratitude demands it.
Mr. M. said, as it had occurred to him that
the repeal of the Bankrupt law was at this time
before them, he would make one or two remarks
upon that subject before he concluded. He
should vote against the repeal lor two reasons.! age” of 1
It had been said that, in the course of the opera-1 been deferred if the
son banks must be regarded as a necessary and
final step immediately preliminary to the new
creation of a National Bank, of powers and means
commensurate to the absolute destitution of a
currency throughout ihe whole West and South,
to say nothing of certain portions of the North.
The odious task of completing this removal of
rotten rubbish has been most wisely and fortu
nately committed to the hands of the Locofocos,
who founded and reared those unsubstantial and
dangerous piles of corruption in “the golden
i. The work would have
Whigs had carried these
i clergy generally gave us truth in the abstract
—as. “ that the way of the transgresior is hard”
1 and that it was a general rule in all congrega
tions, to consider such truths as being much
: more applicable to one’s neighbor than to one’s
i self, and upon the whole lie thought it would be
j wiser for the majority of the Senate to abide by
j the old rule, rather llian to apply all that was
| said against sinners in general exclusively to
j themselves. If the Senate refused to pass the
1 usual vole of thanks, it would in fact be saying
:—The Senate of Mas*achusests would not thank
any clergyman for stating what he considers
to lie true, unless such truth is agreeable to tlie
{ majority of his hearers.
lie said if a gag law was to he passed against
! the clergy, he feared that at the next election
] sermon, the Rev. divine who officiated might
j take for his text the 1st verse of the 39th Psalm,
j Mr. Robinson, of Middlesex, called on the
gentleman from Suffolk for tlie words ol his
text.
Mr. Quincy sent for the Bible, and subse-
1 qucntly read, “ I said, I will take heed to my
ways that 1 sin not with my tongue—I will keep
; my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is be
fore me.”—V. V. Cour.
The Cincinnati Chronicle says that sufficient
information has been received rcspect'icg
late Earthquake, to permit some general uiltr-
ences to be drawn, viz :
The great sum of | L It appears,tbat it .vas felt from the western
to have erected the mag- slope of the Alfeghame* to the lower Missis,ip.
pi, and will probably be heard from further.
2. It was felt more violently towards ;j )( .
South \\ est. At Zanesrdle, for example, q
felt, as represented, less than at Cincinnati. \.
Nashville it was quite a severe shock, and in iij at
region was strong enough to throw plates in",
the shelves. At Mills-Point, it is represented
as throwing down chimneys. At New-Madrvl
it is said the ground sunk.
3. In this respect, it was similar to the earth
quake ol 1611-12, which on the 7:h of Felrmarv
1612, threw down chimneys at Cincinnati, a! ’,i
opened the earth, and overflowed the waters oi
the Mississippi at New Madrid.
| 4. As observed here by Dr. Ray, the current
of the movement of the earthquake was from i..,
S.JWest, to the N. East.
5. This fact, and that of its greater force in iff-
S. West indicate that its moving power was !n
the §. West, near tiie lower part ol the
sippi river, unless indeed, it should appear ir, m ,
furiher intelligence that there has been voleamr
action of sufficient strength to produce t». msiill
more distant regions.
6. The faci. that this trembling of the earth
felt over such an extensive region, and th
severest effects are fell so far dr
good evidence that (he movin
deep in the earth, and is not
cnnic influence.
Whether the above inferences are just or not.
they are worthy the investigation of inquiring-
minds. With respect to tiie valley of the Ohio
it has not probably ever been the seat of volca
nic action, nor do these tremblings of ihe earih
give any reason to suppose it will be. For tiie
power which produces them is evidently remote
so far as regards terrestial causes.
zens. Another case has just been communica
ted to us. A man, who admitted that lie had
! recently realized the happy influences of religion,
j called upon a clergyman, a dav or two ago, and
j said that lie desired to place in his hands about
! fifty dollars, to be distributed among the poor,
: inasmuch as in the course of his business, lie had
j taken unjust advantage of various individuals to
l’r«
il to repair the wrong as far as possible, as he
had been much troubled upon the subject, with
in the preceding month. The clergyman ap
proved his determination, cheerfully accepted
the amount, and appropriated it to ihe benefit ot
some of the suffering poor.—Phila. Inquirer.
tion of the law, many creditors had been made | States at the last elections; because they would
bankrupts hv thedischarge of their debtors. This! have forborne that harsh and summary legisla-
was a proposition Mr. M. could not well under- | tion by w hich our unscrupulous adversaries are
stand; the note or obligation of an insolvent accomplishing these good results without regard
would go no further to pay a debt, as assets, than I to the ruin and distress of individuals—stock-
that of a bankrupt; and he did not understand holders and others. From motives ot humanity
how a creditor, under the bankrupt law, getting i and justice. Whig Legislatures would Mill have
a part of his debt, was worse off’ than he was | spared and temporized ; they would have patched
under the insolvent laws of the States, where he j and propped the rotten and tottering fabrics to
got nothing- I« might be, however, that a cred-j which the Locofocos have at once applied the
itor had so airanged. through favor, relation-i petard and the torch. To them the explosion
ship, reward or the hope of it, or by a fraudulent j and the conflagration are a feu dc joie and a hon-
agreement with the debtor, to get his own claim 1 fire. For my part, I join in ihe shout of exulta-
salisfied, and to cover up the rest of his proper- ( lion as these monstrous creations of wickedness
ty for his future benefit, and to oust the weaker sink into ashes,
and smaller creditors altogether, and that the
Dangerous Situation of the Duke of IVclling-
i ton.—His Grace the Duke of Wellington, with
in a few days of her Majesty’s arrival at Wahner
! Castle, in the early part of last month, was placed j
; in a most dangerous and alarming situation from I
which lie was providentially rescued by the |
speedy arrival of Ins medical attendants. His ,
I grace was dining from off a partridge, when, by
I a most unfortunate mischance, one of the small
j bones of the wing stuck in his throat. The
j Duke, with his usual coolness, being well aware
! of his perilous situation, signified to those in at-
i tendance that his medical advisers at Deal should
| be instantly sent (or; and in a very short time
I afterward Dr. M’Arthur and .Mr. W. Hulke,
surgeon, had arrived at the castle.
The Ruling Passion.—With due deference,
it is our settled conviction, that the Hon. Bed
ford Brown is “ as mad as a March hare” on the
subject of Banks, and the general politics of the
country. No matter what subject comes before
the Senate, whether or not it has the slightest
connection with Banks or Politics, the Honora
ble Senator hangs a speech on it, and vents his
spleen to his heart’s content. It was only last
week, that on a bill to amend the School Law,
lie went into an elaborate dissertation of matters
and tilings in general, lugging in a comparison
between the expenditures under Mr. Van Buren’s
last year of Administration, and tlie first vearof
Whig rule—that is, which commenced in Whig,
and ended in the worst sort ol Loco Focoism.—
And, on Thursday last, Gen. Dockery introduc
ed a bill to incorporate a little Light Horse
Company, somewhere in Robeson or Richmond,
arid to the utter amazement of everv body. Sir
Bedford rose in his strirrups. and attacked tiie
bill on its first reading, a tiling of itself w holly
unparliamentary. He mounted the Light Horse
men. but soon jumped on tothe Banks and other
Corporations, and having demolished them, turn
ed Quixottc like, on Log Cabins, Coon-skins,
Ac. Ac. Every Senator looked as though lie
thought—
To laugh wore want of manners and of "race,
Yet to be grave exceed all power of face ;
[Raleigh Register.
The President of the Seriate laid before that
body a communication from the Treasury- De
partment, in compliance with a resolution of the
j Senate of the 5th inst., calling for the exports
j and imports ot gold and silver coin and bullion
An attempt was first made to extract the bone i since 30th June, 1834.
by means of forceps, but it was too deeply seated ! This document states, in separate columns
the means of rewarding them, and punislr ing caHs me t0 condemn any sentence of his
foes. He tells us that the Whigs have been 1 ■ J
dashed to^ pieces against the President’s “fixed
fact." This was punishment. He tells the
Democrats that they will “ not profit by experi
ence," and that they are dashing wildly against
that same “fixed fact," This we all understand
to mean the veto of the Sub-Treasury bill, when
ever readopted. He had spoken of the '•‘•bud
dings of discontent" in the Democratic party ;
that a prominent man would draw off" one wing,
and another man would draw off another wing of
that party ; that in the next Presidential elec
tion there were those connected with the present
Administration who intended soon to have a word
to say, and that no one would make any thing bv
indulging in a “fierce warfare against the Presi
dent ;" that he held the veto power, something
more omnipotent than mere patronage. Now,
English these sentiments, and what do they
mean? That the patronage of the Executive
will be thrown into the support of that candidate
and his friends, and the veto poyver used for their
advantage, whose friends and associates, possess
ing the “ ability and capacity," would render
him, the President, the most effective service,
and would not rob him of his coat, waistcoat,
and breeches. Is there no intimation of a wil
lingness to bargain for power in all this ? No
expectation of reward created for services ren
dered or to be rendered ? No temptalion to ex
cite rivalry in devotion to the President? And
what was the effect of this annunciation of pur
pose on the part of the President ? The gen
tleman from Indiana (Mr. Kennedy) said that lie
would not bid—to have avowed such an intention
would have been to expose and defeat liis pur
pose; but be told the gentleman (Mr. Cushing)
that he, a Democrat, would not encounter the
rod of punishment, the veto! The gentleman
from Ohio (Mr. Weller) said that it was the high
duty of every Democrat to support every act of
the Administration as far as lie could; and the
gentleman from New York, (Mr. Boune,) dis
carding all harriers, exhorts his associates to take
Mr. Tyler, liis Administration, Webster and
Spencer, however deeply dyed in political sins—
to take one and all, now and at once, without
atonement, conditions, reservations, or stipula
tions—to take them freely, cheerfully, gracious
ly, and to become with them, at once, “one and
indivisible.” What call you all this? Is there
no response here to the question, where shall I
find my friends? No cringing before ihe lash?
No reaching after the reward? No manifesta
tion of fear that the ‘fixed fuel" was dangerous;
that those connected with the Administration,
who intended soon to have a word to say in the
next Presidential election, might not speak that
word unfavorably; that certain “discontents"
might not profit by that word; and no evidence
of a belief that prudence dictated at once that
all fears should be quelled, that a ‘ fierce war
fare against the President" was not to be expect
ed from a certain quarter? Does not all this
squint most awfully at the fact, that the terms of
sale, as stated, are ready to be embraced ? Do
not the bids fully cover the offer? And is there
nothing like a bargain, an agreement, an under
taking, mutually to do and perform certain acts,
for a mutual consideration?
But the gentleman no doubt did ] 00 k further,
and to other terms than those he expressed,
when he put this Administration up at auction.
Possibly lie had other objects in view ; j
will ask the gentleman, if he did expect that at
this sale any bids would be put in by the Whig
party ? |
[Mr. Cu shing (Mr. M. yielding the floor) said the
gentlemvn from Georgia (Mr. Meriwether) had re
peated the remark several limes made in this House,
and to which he had sought an opportunity to reply.
The gentleman desired Mr. C. to inform him, when
he (Mr.C.) had put up the Administration, if he ex
pected the Whig party to hid ? Mr. C. called on the
gentleman and oil every member of this House to put
his finger on any part of his speech that authorized
this imputation. [Laughter.] He denied that there
was any foundation whatever for it; and he asked the
gentleman from Georgia again to select from that
speech a single sentence, if he could, which justified
that imputation, which the gentleman himself would
declare to the House to be unjust in principle or un
true in fact?]
Mr. Meriwether resumed. The gentleman
from Massachusetts was ttyiog to play a Yankee
trick upon him—answering his question by ask
ing him another. The answer bad in nowise
been given to the interrogatory. Waiving, how
ever, his right to insist upon an answer, the gen
tleman asks me to point to a single sentence of
his remarks that would justify such an imputa
tion. Mr. M. would point the gentleman to bis
whole speech for evidence to sustain the con
struction lie and others had placed upon it. It
was no objection to the fact, that one single sen
tence did not contain the proposition of sale ;
the whole speech was compounded of several
propositions, each resting upon and connected
speech as “ unjust in principle or untrue in fact.”
His isolated positions, his individual propositions,
may stand. The gentleman sees the drift of my
remarks too well not to understand my attack to
be upon his speech as a whole. I may or may
not dissent from his propositions individually*;
that is not the issue I make. But depend them
one upon another; connect them together, as
he has connected them; deduce from them, as
he has deduced the consequence, the right of the
President to wield the patronage of liis office
and the veto pow er for the building up or pulling
down of parties, irrespective of the public wel
fare, and of throwing the influence and power of
that patronage and of the veto, as freaks of friend
ship or hatred may come over him. r>°»-p c tu-
ate or destroy political friends or opponents; and
bankrupt law, coming in to defeat such fraudti-
! lent combinations, had placed all upon an equali
ty, whereby this creditor was made to share witii
! others the insolveucy of the debtor, and his los-
I ses thereby had proved disastrous to him. Be
this as it may, however. let the law be right or
I wrong in its origin, since it has made victims
| by its operation, the highest, noblest, most en-
I during obligation of the Government is to give
j these victims its benefits, since they have unwit-
1 tingly shared its injuries.
J There was another reason why Mr. M.
- ivould not now vote for repeal. Many men are
now struggling to escape their embarrassments;
, and so long as the hope is held out that should
theirefforts fail, still they may find relief under tlx*
just and wise provisions of this law, they will
struggle on. But, agitate the repeal, give them
nothing to hope for but the mercy of creditors,
anil they fly at once to the courts f<*r roiivf, ..case
from ail lurtbci etiorts, and sink into desponden
cy at once. Nothing paralizes more the ener
ies of man than the cheerless and annoying
I denounce the whole jointly, and each singly, j frowns of rapacious creditors. If you would
in view of such connexion, and I point to each j ren(Jer ])im use f u | to society, valuable to
and every of them as untrue in fact, and grossly j friends, and even available to those cred
unjust in principle to the people, and destructive
of every semblance of political right.
But, Mr. Speaker, I have not yet learnt whe
ther, at this anction, when it shall take place, it
will be expected that the Whigs should bid or
not? When I was interrupted, I was about en
tering upon the subject of Democratic difficul
ties. The gentleman (Mr. Cushing) had spoken
of discontents already existing; of the intention
of some connected with the Administration to
have a word to say in the next election. Mr. M.
said that, doubtless, these divisions had been
fully canvassed at the other end of the avenue.
The letter from the White House, before refer
red to. alludes to this matter ; and tins allusion,
and the identity of sentiment expressed by the
gentleman with tire letter, while they show that
what lie has said was not the result of momenta
ry excitement, but premeditated and spoken al
most by authority, confirm to us that these dis
sensions in the Democratic ranks are the subject
of speculation and calculation by the wire-work
ers at the President’s. Here is the reference :
“Talking of ihe Presidency, I never saw Mr. Cal
houn look so well nnd so full of hope and expectation.
The Legislatures of South Carolina and Alabama have
nominated him, and other Slates will follow. He is
excessively uneasy and fretful about going into a Na
tional Convention, for fear that Van Buren, being more
dexterous with the cups and bails, will cheat him out
of a nomination, and in this respect he has grounds of
apprehension. Mr. Van Buren in a convention is like
a little fierce hull in an amphitheatre, and is sure to
gore and toss all the horses and riders who may come
into the ring against him.”
Here are some strong intimations of approach
ing difficulty ; and while it comes up completely
to the views as expressed by the gentleman, (Mr.
Cushing,) let us see if the concluding views do
not cover the whole ground assumed by him.—
The letter continues:
“There is absolutely nothing doing here, we mas-
say, in the political svoi Id, and I am glad of it, because
when the politicians lie on their oars the country gains
by it. Every thing, of course, is in an unsettled state.
you must open before him the bright field of
hope; soothe the pangs of bitter sorrow and
mortification; stimulate his energies by encour
agement; and do not conduct so towards him
that he must feel at every moment the uplifted
axe is about to descend upon him. It is the
fear of this fatal axe which is now driving many
into premature bankruptcy, and filling the courts J v t on,e -
with applications. Between bankruptcy and the j ^ ,cnei:i
Washington Correspondence of the Baltimore Patriot.
The proceedings of the \ an Buren Conven
tion in Philadelphia have given additional incite
ment to the wire-pullers both of the “ Honest
Nullitier” and the “ Little Magican,” and the
quarrel between them about the claims of their
respective candidates, is not only ineieased—lint
they are disputing as to whether that Convention
was more auspicious for Mr. Calhoun orfor Mr.
Van Buren!
The Calhoun men appear to he entirely satis
fied with the fact that it was not near so formida
ble, even in appearance, as might have been ex
pected, considering the very great exertions which
were made to draw up a large attendance, and to
call forth a strong expression of the wishes of
the Democracy.
The very small Tyler corps are of tiie same
opinion, and tiie Madisonian goes so tar as to in
dicate the idea that General Jackson did not go
the whole figure for Mr. Van Buren in his letter.
If he did not, it was not from any favor towards
Mr. Tyler,—hut only in accordance with the
obligation the General, no doubt, feels himself
],j s i tinder, to make his known preference for Mr.
Van Buren, ns little disagreeable, in point of
utterance, to Mr. Buchanan and General Cass,
and othcr/ricwr/sof his, as possible. No body of
sense imagines that General Jackson would have
minced his phrases, had lie imagined that the
choice ol ihe Democracy was likely to he divert
ed away Ironi Mr. Van Buren hv Mr. Tyler.—
His letter proves that “ little Van” is still his fa-
“ That man Ions me,” remarked the old
to a lady who had been reciting to him
i for this instrument to reach it, although every
means were tried which skill or ingenuity could
•suggest to the two medical practitioners thus to
! relieve the illustrious sufferer. At last, it being
then deemed essentially requisite that immediate
relief should lie given to tlx* duke, the prohang
as a dernier resort, was had recourse to, and the
hone was most skilfully thrust downward, thro’h
the gullet into the stomach, rather severe
ly hut necessarily, from its position, lacerating
1 the throat of the noble duke. It is extremely
, gratifying to he able to add. that the illustrious
and venerable warrior has experienced no incon-
; venienee from the effects of the unfortunate (and
what might have proved, but for the skiil of his
medical attendants, most lamentable) occur
rence.— The Britannia of Dec. 10
the gold coin and bullion and silver coin and bul
lion :
Imports.
8.100,371
13.131,447
13.400.661
10.516.414
17,764,116
5,574,263
6,-"•2,613
4.066,633
3,646,290
Years.
1834
1635
1836
1 >'37
1630
1840
184 l
1612
Export
519.575
6.477,775
4.324.336
5.976,249
3,508,046
8,776,443
8,417,014
10,0.34.332
4,055,694
Aote.— I lie
manv instances
collectors are not able to designate,
the foreign from the American coinai
• The gold coinage at Dahlonega (Geor;
j this year exceed §300,000.
ia) wi
A letter from New A ork savs : “ The most
j racy bit of literary news that 1 can send yon, is
the forthcomingness of an autobiography by Ma
jor Noah. It is to consist of several volumes. I
understand, and to be prefaced with a history oi
• the sufferings ol Noah’s ancestors (Major Noah’s)
j by persecution in Portugal. The history of his
\ own liie and times will constitute the body of the
i work, and this yviil be embroidered richly with
• anecdotes ol politicians, plavers, authors, and dr-
j linguished persons generally—probably ns r<*r.*i-
; able a podrida as could be got together. The
! Major has been magna pars of manv a precious
imbroglio, and of most political changes, and lie
has been more in the confidence of authors aud
actors than perhaps any other man of his time.''
continued demand of the Shyiock’s last pound i ^ ie l JI ai-ses which Mr. \ an Bun n had bestowed
of flesh, human nature is more than itself if it I u P on * IIS pairioiism. Ins energy, his great talents
Enlightened Workingmen in England.—The
Liverpool Mercury has the following in relation
to the mental improvement o! the working clas
ses in England. It says:
“ 1 hose who have not experienced if can
, scarcely imagine the pleasure we have, as editors
in noticing thesteady attention which many work-
■ iugmen in full employment, pay to the means of
improving their minds. This is proved in let
ters they address to us, and which convince us
that there are happy wives and children, though
in Iiumbie life, where (lie husband and lather
seeks the fireside of an evening, aud pen io hand
ora book to refer to, (possibly from the Appren
tices’ Library or Mechanics' Institution) thev
can exercise and improve ihe mind and the heart,
and co-operate by a timely word of wisdom in
tlx* good government of the family. Few men
are happier ihan those who, ha vine any thing
like ordinary employment, become proud of their
clean hearth, and their home companions, and
short but useful studies, and an occasional visit
to the lecture room for fresh information.”
The Presbyterians.—(old school.) We learn
from the Presbyterian Almanac for 1843, that
there are attached to this branch of the Presby
terians, 1399 ministers, 140,463 communicants
(t-xrliiMvr of 4 Presbyteries not reported,) and
2025 churches.
The Methodists.—Tiie members of (he Metho
dist Church in Boston have more than quadru
pled in the last fifteen years—more than trebled
within the last ten years—and more than doub
led within the last five years.
After Mr. Cushing had finished his panegvrir
upon Gen. Jackson in the House of Representa
tives on Thursday. Mr. Cristopher H. William*
addressed the Speaker as follows: “ Mr. Speak
er—I only desire to remark that more than 20
years have elapsed since the battle of New Or
leans, and inasmuch as the gentleman from M is-
sachnsetts has never, until now, found an op
portunity to eulogize the hero of that day. I sub
mit it as a point of order that the gentleman is
now barred by the statute of limitations."
| The Baptists.—According to the table in the
; Baptist Almanac for 1643, there are in the Uni
ted States aud British Provinces 611,522 mem-
! bers of the Baptist church, 5,398 ministers, and
\ 8.383 churches. Adding the more recent acces
sion, ihe whole number of communicants isesti-
' mated at 700.000.
Another Fight.— !’lx*re was an affray at Jones-
borougli, Tenn., the other day, between James
H. Jones and Win. H. Cratch. The latter
was wounded by a pistol shot, but we have not
learned whether his wound was thought danger
ous.
selects the heartless demand. It is the encour
agement which this law holds out that has nerv
ed tlie energies of many an enterprising man,
which lias dissipated the dark cloud that over
hung many a debtor, and opened to him a bright
sunshine. It is this law which lias stimulated
enterprise, and by well directed efforts, has paid
fully many debts which, without it, would have
been discharged by insolvency; and, guided by
the star of its bright hope, many an utifoitunate
debtor will yet fully indemnify liis creditors, and
reserve to himselfthe means of comfortable sub-
SI stence in old age. Then, why should we rash
ly repeal it, and wither so many fond hopes, now
budding into usefulness for society ?
It is said that the law is unconstitutional. On
that point Mr. M. would say but a word. It is
said tint it impairs the obligation of contracts,
nnd hence unconstitutional. He believed no such
tiling. Every contract lias been made, subject
to the power of Congress to pass a uniform sys
tem ol bankruptcy. The constitution is the
supreme law of the land ; that declares and defines
the power; and yvlienever a contract lias been
made, it was in view of th a t “supreme law”—
as much so as if a law } ia( ] been spread on your
statute book, jf a CO ntraet had been made ante
cedent to the ndoption of the Constitution, then
this law wouid be unconstitutional in its applica
tion 10 dial ron ( rac t. But such contracts alone
could plead an cxce ption; all others must sub-
But it is said that we must confine
If a storm is brewing between the Whigs, the Calhoun _ our act to the meaning of a “ bankrupt law" as
understood
men, and the Van Buren men, the Administration have
only to remain tranquil until the hurricane Mows over,
and'then take advantage of the times. If the people i her bank vlirif t i._ n p..-,o»; n
could only unhorse the leaders, no man would bo so j G f the te •— —
at the time of the. adoption of the
Constituti or) . an( | wc are carried to England, to
for a definition
for governing—Van know ing verv well that the
person lie spoke to would be an infallible conduc
tor to the Royal o;ir. “ Ah !” said tlx* lady, in
reply, “ lie dors love you, (liar General!”
Charming man ! lie would, as Tony Lump
kin’s mother said of that fascinating youth,
“ dull m the bird from the tree!"
The Calhoun men do not affect to disguise that
the General has given them the cold shoulder.—
But they are ready to defy his influence with
the same spirit in which they turned against him
in the quarrel brought on by the inichinations
of Van Buren in 1831.
More of this anon. I will only mention now,
that ; since the proceedings from Philadelphia
have been received, the ardor shown by the rep
resentatives of South Carolina for the remission
of the fine to General Jackson has very much
cooled :—and 1 would not be surprised il they
voted against it. in the end—in spite of the in
structions implied in the movement of the Legis
lature of their State. Such is the domination
held over South Carolina by her politicians!
The doctrines of that State arc always received
from this jilace. The leaders preach them—and
the people take them in. Opinions and senti
ments which they never thought of before arc
sent forth to the people of South Carolina, and
the whole South,—under the hope that the
great names which are brought to endorse them,
will suffice to carry them through aud establish
them as the opinions and sentiments of the pub
lic.—or at least some respectable portion of the
public.
The numbers of the colored population in New
England do not augment by natural increase;
and in years past there has been little or no in
crease from any cause. But within the last ten
years, during the existence of the abolition ex
citement, as appears from the census, their in
crease in Massachusetts wasgreater in proportion
; than that of the white population. That tilis
increase is the result of illicit emigration is evi
dent from the fact that while the number of chil
dren and females is comparatively very little in
creased. that of males from 24 to 36 years of age
is nearly doubled. In the county of §utl'olk, the
colored males, who in 1830 were 143 less in
number than the females—now outnumber tlie
, gentle sex by 424. So in Nantucket, while ihe
; colored females in tiie last ten years have increas-
I ed only from 147 to 156, the males have inercas-
1 ed from 130 to 423, leaving a great excess of
male canditates for intermarriage with the whites.
■ This is one of the fruits of abolition societies.
It is relieving the slave states of a portion of their
population (the very worst.) without their con
sent, and adding to our population by a numerous
class of persons whose incorporation with our so
ciety is by no means to be coveted.—Boston Adv.
Steamers.—The number of Steamboats belong
ing to the district of Pittsburg. Pa. for the year
1842, amount to 93, with an aggregate tonnage
ol 10.017 tons, all built at and owned at Pittsburg
—3G of them were built in 1842.
The other evening a lady having exerted hpr
voeal powers for the amusement of the company
at a Soiree, received the following rather ambi
guous compliment:—“ Your singing makes you
appear a delicious screeched" (delicious crea
ture.)
Coal mined and transported to market from
the coal mines of Eastern Virginia during the
year 1842.
From Chesterfield mines
“ Ttickaiioe Valley mines
“ Deep Run Mines
Bushels.
1,005,671
539,736
180,267
Cruel.—The Democratic Senate of Maine
have turned out the only Whig who claimed to
hold a seat in that body. This is too bad. Tbev
ought to have kept him for seed.
The state debt of Massachusetts, on which in
terest is paid by the Commonwealth is§l ,207.091.
In addition to this the state has issued and loan
ed to railroad companies, scrip to the amount of
§5,050,000.
Total
A grieulture.—Table si
1.725,674
iiowingsotneof the prin
cipal agricultural products of the United States,
taken from the statistical returns accompanying
the six census, 1840.
“ There’s no knowing what might happen!"
as the old maid said when she bought the gold
fringed garters!
strong as John Tyler, because lie is evidently gaining
strength among the great body of the people.”
Can any one, continued Mr. M., look at all
these facts, and shut his eyes to the conviction
that the gentleman’s speech was not made with
out concert with others; without premeditation
or design; without object; and if not without
object, what other than to identify the Adminis-
trauon, for profit or loss, for better or worse, with
some . )tre 0 f the contending factions of the “ one
and ind'nisibie Democratic party?”
The fatt 0 f division in that party is left un
questioned. Ti la t Mr. Tyler has effected that
division, and to a great extent, is undeniable.—
I he only remaining question was, which portion
of that party desired ii, as t to convert liis influ
ence to its use ?
The Northern wing of th« Democracy had
stepped forth boldly, bid hcely an( ) anx iously
sought to close the sale; but the Southern wing
had not, as yet, been heard from pubVu-lu. Ru"
inor had blessed them with a greater "share of
Executive favor, but yet they have not signified
their intention to bid or not. I should Tike to
hear from that division of the party before the
debate closes.
There is a great deal submitted to, said Mr.
M., in this Hall, from parliamentary courtesy.
There never was freer use made of this liberty
than during this debate. When it first began, a
casual visiter would have supposed that the war
waging by the Democrats was aimed solely at
the Whig party. While the fact of an open
rupture was first developing itself, the effort to
direct the quarrel agaiust the Whigs was most
desperate, and soundly were we whipt over the
shoulders for the benefit of our opponents. Well,
he did not know that he had much objection to
Something New.—The New Oilcan# Present
gives the subjoined account of an experiment
rm. Well, what do we find, when we | made in producing coffee from sweet potatoes,
look to tj )at f out ,tain of learning? Why, nnih- j The Editor remarks that he saw the rccommcn-
ing tnor f t ]ian that England had declared that dation in a Memphis paper, and by way of a freak,
jects, being unable to pay their debts, j was induced to make the trial, the result ofwhich,
her subj
might surren der their effects and be discharged :
and sh e ]j m jted this right to a favored few, whom
she ca|| t , ( j tra( ] er <!. Now. said Mr. M. what is
the P r 2 n dple ? Why, that a surrender of assets
entitle g a discharge. The individuals to
whom t j ie p r i v -,]cge applies is a question of ex
P e ^‘ e ncy, and not of principle. According to
l * ie assumption made, no law could be a bnnk-
ru Pt act unless the whole English law, with its
* 0, 'ms, penalties, rights, punishments, nnd raa-
c ^inery, were adopted by our own legislation.
The argument carries its own refutation along
w ith it; for no one would seriously contend that
we had no discretion left as to the forms we
Exercise that discretion for a
Flogging in the Navy.—The pretended ex
tract from the log-book of the Somers surrepti
tiously published in the Standard, of punish
ments inflicted in that vessel, has given rise al
ready to a vast deni of misplaced sympathy about
“flogging in the navy.” Of this we do not now
mean to speak ; but in order that people may
not run wild with terror at the sufferings inflicted
by that strange instrument of torture, the colt, it
may be well to state that it is a single rope’s end,
with which the boys are flogged over their
clothes ; an instrument not moie severe, per
haps less so, then the rattan used in schools.*
Wheat,
Corn,
Rve,
Oats,
Barley,
Buckwheat,
Potatoes,
Bushels.
84,823,272
377,531,675
18,645.567
123,071,341
4,161,504
7,291,743
208,208,060
j Accounts from Springfield, (Illinois) state that
j the case of the leader of the .Mormons. (Joseph
i Smith) had been heard before the Supreme
Court on a writ of Habeas Corpus, and diseharg-
i ed—it being decreed that the demand made lor
| him from Missouri was illegal, he not having
been in that State when the crime charged a-
I gainst him w as committed.
The Odd Fellows.—It is stated that the official
returns from the various lodges of this association
exhibit its revenue, during the past vear, at §159,-
000.
The Mayor of the city of Boston has stopped
the erection of the new temple of the Milerites,
in that city. The walls were entirely too frail
to support the roof.
Disappearance of Fired Stars.—More than
thirteen stars, it is said, have disappeared with
in the last two centuries. One of these present
ed such a brilliant appearance for about sixteen
months as to be visible to the naked eye at mid
day. La Place supposed it was burning up,
Dr. Baker, of Linn. (Mass.) died very sudden
ly on Sunday evening last, from the effects of the
mortification of a dead body, while engaged in
dissecting. He had a small wound in his hand,
by which the infection enteied-
An awful epidemic, called the Black Tongue,
is raging in the town of Day, Saratoga county,
N. Y. Some twenty or thirty of the inhabitants
have died from it, and it is still raging with fear
ful fatality.
]lower is si-a'rl
my superficial v-6-
The speech of Mr. Dunn, the Speaker of tiie
Ma ine House of Representatives, upon takiix*
the Speaker’s chair, for brevity we have never
seen surpassed. It is annexed :
(Scutlemen of the House of Representatires :
I thank you kindly for this election of Speaker,
and it shall be my constant endeavour faithful
ly to discharge the duties assigned me. I hope,
gentlemen, your session will be a profitable one.
aud a short one.
Important Opinion.—The N. Y. American
says—Judge Betts, of tiie District Court of this
District, on an application from the widow of
Cromwell, fora warrant to arre-t Messrs. Mc
Kenzie and Ganzevoort. on a charge of murder,
delivered an opinion declining to grant the war
rant, upon the ground that interference at pre
sent would be highly improper. He moreover
expressed strong doubts whether the Civil Courts
had any jurisdiction in the case.
Another Father in Israel gone.—We
are pained to announce the death of the Kev.
W in. H. Barr, D. D., of Abbeville, in this State.
He died on the Oth inst. Dr. Barr was an a^ed
and venerable disciple of tire Lord Jesus Christ,
and has spent the best part of his life in preach
ing the srospel of his master. He was eminent
alike for his piety, attainments, and great strength
of mind. We deeply sympathize with liis
family and friends under their melancholy be
reavement. His death has caused a vacancy in
the Church, that few- of bis bretlir en of the min
istry are qualified to fill w ith equal ability ; and
his Congregation, who were attached to him wiili
a filial reverence and love, will long mourn liis
loss.— Columbia Chronicle.
Three thousand persons in the town of Lynn.
(Mass.) signed the Temperance pledge, and et
this number 1200 signed during the year 16:
500 of them are reformed drunkards.
might employ,
moment, and the potent assumption is defeated.
Mr. M. said that if evil had grown out ol the
law, all admitted good might come of it hereaf
ter. Why, then, when you are about to reap
its benefits, would you repeal it ?
It appears, by letters transmitted to the legis
lature of Maryland by Governor Thomas, that
Messrs. Baring, Brothers & Co. of London, and
Messrs. Crommelin & Sons, of Amsterdam,
have made large advances of money, to save the
credit of Maryland in Europe—relying, as they
state, upon the honorof Maryland for reimburse
ment. These houses are the agents through
whom the bond-holders in Europe have receiv
ed their dividends ; and when the State failed to
transmit funds to discharge these dividends,
the agents paid them with their own means,
sooner than have the credit of the state sacrificed.
as will be seen below, proved highly satisfacto
ry :—
“Yesterday morning we drank of “the pro
ceeds” at breakfast, and hope to do so this morn
ing. A medium sized sweet potato was pared,
and then, while in the raw state, sliced. These
slices were then cut cross-wise, so that when
the operation was over, the pieces were square and
precisely of the magnitude of ordinary dice.—
These were then toasted slowly over a fire, as
one does coffee. The moisture of the potato
giadually evaporated, and in about the time rhat
coffee would be prepared for the mill, the pota
to substitute was ready for the same process.—
The grinding was carried on easily and perfect
ly, and the grains came out prettily from the mill.
The beverage was made yesterday by the French
method of dripping, and we seldom have drank
a cup with greater pleasure. This potato cof
fee is as strong and dark in appearance as any
other, and only differs in taste from “ Havana”
by reason of a slight resemblance to cocoa. It
takes very little sugar, and is a substantial, cheap,
and no doubt healthy one. Who else tries it ?
And we venture to add, in reference to the “colt- i as J ,t Ras never been seen since,
ing” in the Somers, that if for the same period
through which the Standard's record extends,! Winys, speaking of a lady who married for mon-
Irom June to December, an account was kept in ! ey alone, remarks:—“ She married him for an
any large school of the blows with the ferule j establishment, but forgot he was part ot it—daz-
and the rattan—that—regard being had to the ; zled with the frame, she overlooked the hideous-
difference of subjects—nearly as many blows, I ness ol the picture.”
relatively, would be given in the school as were A , lhorn state Prison—The receipts of this
The Missouri Reporter, (one of the princi:
Democratic papers of the State,) says : “AVe
believe that nine-tenths ol the Democrats are
in favor of a moderate discrimination for the
benefit of manufactures, and that revenue e-
notigh cannot be obtained from duties without
making such discrimination and affording ample
incidental protection to domestic industry.
given on board the Somers
In this, as in other things, moreover, connect-
! ed with this investigation, the honesty of Com
mander Mackenzie is made to operate to liis dis
advantage.
prison last year exceejed the expenses by the
sum of §13,478 36.
China.—An article in the December number
of Fisher's Colonial Magazine contends that the
population of China is at least 333 millions.
There are in the United States just one hun
dred soldiers of the revolution on the pension list
In oiiier ships of war. no notice is taken, for overone hundred years ol aqe. I he oldest man
; the most part, of the punishment with colts. If, j on the fist is Michael Hale ol Union county,
i then, there had been no entry ot these in the log- I’enn., wlx*is in his 115th year.
! book of the Somers, but only of the punishments
, with the cat, the ratio of punishmet, notwith
standing the loaferism of many of tlie appren
tices, would be small indeed.—JY. Y. American.
Goon.—James II. Caldwell publishes in t
New Orleans paper, that his Theatre will no
I longer be opened on Sabbath evenings. The
reason he gives is. that public opinion is against
! the practice.
Tartar on the Teeth.—M. Le Baume I Ridicule—the weapon of all others most feared
has ascertained, that washing the teeth with vine- by enthusiasts of everv description, and which,
gar and a brush will, in a lew days, says the from its predominance over such minds, otten
Sound Doctrine.—The printers will vocife
rously applaud the following from the Miller
paper, the Midnight Cry. It speaks thus :—
“We feel it a religious duty to pay our printers
It is better coffee than we everdrank in North 1 and paper makers daily, if possible, that Christ
or South Carolina, Georgia or Alabama, at any
breakfasting house on a route, and we would par
ticularly recommend it to the landlady on the
southern bank of the Roanoke. We hope to
see our planters try it, and doubt that many who
live far from or inconvenient to market, will do
well to introduce ir. Poor people in the city
can make coffee, for a week, with a picayune’s
worth ofsweet potatoes.”
may not come and find us keeping hack the hire
of the laborer.”
Liability of Rail Road Companies.—Tn Ro
chester, New York, last week. Wm. Crowell
recovered damages from the Auburn and Roches
ter Rail Road Company, for the destruction of • of specie roared out in imploring tones,
his dwelling house by fire, occasioned by sparks j gracious. Captain, cant you gives us ten ?”—
from one of the company’s locomotives. ‘ Phil. Gaz.
medical Times, remove the tartar; thus obviat
ing the necessity of filing or scraping them,
which so often injures the enamel. He recom
mends the use of powdeied charcoal and tincture
of rhatany afterwards, which effectually, in his
opinion, prevents its formation.
Confidence in the Captain.—The steamboat
Neptune lately struck a snag in the Mississippi,
and being in a sinking condition, the Captain
rushed into the cabin exclaiming “Gentlemen,
bv heavens, the boat will be under in five min
utes.” Some fellow engaged in rolling out a box
Good
cheeks what is absurd, and often smothers that
which is noble.—Scott.
Strong ley or any other alkali is said to lie *
good remedy for colic in horses.— 1 he theory ot
its operation is, that it allays the fermentation
which is the cause of the swelling always accom-
i pnnying the disease.
A Dutchman once wanted to wed a widow, ami
his manner of making known liis intention was
•as follows:—“ If you ish content to get better lor
worse, to he happy for miserable; and il you
smokes and drinks ale, l shall lake you tor no
better, and much worse.” Upon which 'he
said “Yaw.”