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Newspaper Page TextTHE WEEKLY UEOIMitAN It fURMlMin I' THK W ol' Mnvnnunli. WILLIAM IL BULLOCH, rvm.iiHRn nr tiik law* nr thr union, and CITT AND COUNTY HUNTER. WEEKLY rAI*ER~THRRX Dollars, per nn num,—Payable in advance, ADVERTISEMENTSInserted at the Cliorie*- ton rates. 07 Postage mint ho pnld nn all CoXMUStt-A- Tinx*. nnd (otters nfhiirines*. SUNDAY, AUGUST 0, 1840. From an attentive Correspondent,we have rerrlv. ed the following by the steamerCharles Downing: FORT HOLMES,(E. F.) July 31. Dear. Sit t—Tim debility consequent upon my onntlnued fever und ngue, husprevrmcd my writing m often no 1 hud intended to. The Indian* Imve apparently gone south, perhaps to plant a new crop a* It in known that the recent operation* of the 2d , Infantry under Col. Riley, were i f such an energetic nature a* to prevent them from planting. The summer scouts have destroyed immense plantation* ofcirn, peat, bean*, iStc.nllof which must be truly felt .try the enemy, ns upon them he e.vidonily built hi* hopm nf another winter fight. Tho imnpa in En*t Florida nre now nrrnnged upyn n line commencing ai New Smyrna on the At* Untie, nnd extending to Fort Fanning, on tho Su ‘ wnpnee. Noiirly dll the posts North of this lino have been abandoned. A during muidar wus com* • milled on. the 12ih Inst at the hummock of Cow Cieek, near Fori White. Sergi Zeiglernnd Cnrp'| 8weatnnm of Company B,2d Inf. were returning "from Furt Whito to Fort Brmly, the Sergi. mount. ed,nnd tho Cnrp'l on foot. Atlhe plnce before mentioned, they were fired upon by ii parry of 21 Indians. ' The corporal undoubtedly wa<* immedl- jgtely killed, but tho sergeant it wool I appeal, tho’ badly wounded, fought until knocked down by su. periiir numbers The bodies of both soldier* were horribly, mutilated, and in a manner too revolting • for publication. After tho murder, the Indians 1 biased a tree, whereon they painted tho figure nf uu •Indian, under which they made twenty one murk* \ Indicative of th-ir number. Agninst tho tree they piiivcd un iron pointed arrow dipped in the blin d of their victims. The next dny they were pursued by a party nf 25 men under C'upr. J. R. Smith, but to nn purpose. On the 16ih Inst, n pnrty nf6 dragoons returning from I'ilittka lo Fort King, were fired upon by a large party nf Indians concealed in ahnmniock four miles beyond this post; two men were wounded, one of them dropped from Ills horse, nnd for tho ' credit of hi* companions, be it mentioned, they stopped (nilhough the Indians werch'-t or. the pur suit, and manifost'ng their desire fur blond by loud yelling,) and replaced their comrade in the middle. Tha whnlu patty succeeded in getting off. The nffi- ’ cor,who pursued this parly, soy* they were evident ly tho *atn« pemnns-who killed Scrgt. Zciglur, n. b° found their trail -loading from Cow Creek r THE DEMOCnATIC MKETt.NH, Of Friday last wus, like its predecessors- spirited and enthusiastic. It. M, Chatlton, esq., I’wii* dent, was in the Chair, und Mr. Lewis, Secretary, at his post. L. S. D'Lyon, esq., whs concluding n speech when we entered thu room, having been rii mined therefrom by business Wo fenrn tbut bis nd. diess was characterized by his usual energy of stylo, and felicity of argument Mr. Mq\w.i*TRRa;ul Mr. W, H. Stiles wprn then called on, and drew forth tho repealed plan. ' dit* of nn enlightened uasetnblng . Mr. McAilis* t^r, in nn m anew* ruble strain of nrgiimem, depicted , the effects of the operation ofu Bunk of the United Slate* up ai the community, and especially upon the laborer, |he workingman, nnd ud iho<o, win*, paying the taxes of thn country by the s«eat of the blew, fed,nil »lu* evil effcc s of the sudden expoto •ions and conn nciion* of llie • immense moneyed. f p.ivver,** hi 1 ''tight uhout f . by the unbridled «|n culu- lions ofatock-jubliurs, and others, seeking to umns* overgrown foitohe*. Mr. Stiles traced, from tho foundation "f tho vernmont, the course of the Federalists, striving os they did, io cl olie the Executive puwei with tin* powers of the Monarch; p riroyed the injuries lo commerce, from the acts of foreign power*, during din administration* of Jefferson and Madison, which led to tho second war- of out Independence, nnd contrasted, in strong colors, thn conduct of the Foil oral party of thut day, with that of tho Republican, or Democratic party. Mr. Stiles' address whs in- • terspersed with beuutiful figures, nnd Ills eloquent and stirring appeals touched ihu hearts of Id* uudi* once. We nre highly gratified, lo witness the youth of our city congrogute, us they do, to kindle tho pure fires of genuine patriotism, at tho primary meetings of tho people, who look to them, to enrry out those principle* coevul with the settlement of their coun. try, and consecrated by the blood of tKo martyrs of the Revolution. But we arc compelled, for want of time, to ad journ (if we may bo allowed the expression,) our remarks, so as to cull attention to the following, which coming from the “Old Maryland Line." an nounces that the land of Tansy, planted by the despised and persecuted Cuiholic, will holdfast to thu principle* which, in the seventeenth century, guided the foreigner lo the shores of America, to enjoy Liberty of Conscience, denied him under the government of the Old World. But we will noi deiuin the reader: Extract of a letter, dated, BALTIMORE. July 31, 1840 Sir:— Lnst nighi was' tlm *• first grand rally of the Democracy of Buliimoro," and ii wus indued n grand rally. It'bad boon published in one paper only (the Baltimore Republican) for soma days previous, that Mr. Uuchanun, the United States Senator from Pennsylvania would nddieKstho pro 'pie of Buliimoro on that occarinn, in Mnnment Square. Ab ut 5 o’clock in the afternoon, groups *if people began to form in the square, and by tho time day light abut in tbero wus a largo m cling ro| looted. Tho people continned pouring in until there •was pretty much of ajnm in ihtilj capacious square. .Still they p-oired along the side walks.men,>• omen, mid children, iu nstnun that Vi-uld trot tie stummed. -Observing to a friend, who stood by me, that It .was a tremendous meeting:, Why, sir, avid he, tlvi processions from the wards Imve not m rived yet — ■ Vrasanlly we began to heat th« snisit stirring drum nod ear piercing file: and in a litilo while tin* meet jug* which hud been formed in the differeni wards, •with bunrers flags, trnn-pnrenrics, nnd tho fine bunds of music, came in rching, in com pact order, into the square; and then such .qneezing and crowding fallowed «» l hope novel lo encounter again, unless it be ill th-snme gn< d cause. As ill- ward* arrived, their transparencies, bear 'ini appropriate mottoes, were suspended in line ■ along the whole east front of tin* Court House; thu restiurn (a most tastefully Himiiged one) firming the centre of the line, mid lighted up by beautiful .-.lamps, pr pan d by a steiling Democrat for thn or. . eiirion and d*cornu d with flags. Jost over the up aker’s head, in large letters of light, were tho whole words* Indep* ndent Tteasory," and a little b* low, on one side, the words "Equal Laws,” nnd .flli the inher" Equal Rights." Clivers upon cheer* from th'-usu ds upon thousand* of freemen rent iho nir. Woen these coated, every D- mocrntic heart was ihiided with the sounds of patriotic mu-ic fr> m some hulfdoton hand*, nmon^ whom most d'uiin gitislied wa. that of nur German friends, who upon this, iu upon all nccu*ions, turned out in such num b-rs and with such enthusiasm, us to demonstrate the high value they put upon the democratic princi pies un which thisossylitm of the oppressed of every elirno stands, and must cootinua to stand, if it stand* at ell. ..When the mu.ic cessed Mr. James M. Buchanan, our talented townsman—then whom a mure gellent spirit, nor on* more devoted to the cauoi nr Democracy, breath* not in lb« land—rose, •Her calling list meeting to order, in 'ho strain and i with the manner which have so many limos before silrifd ihasnuJ* ofonr (Viands, addressed th* meet lug. preprint hJs hramr* ft*. th* Intellectual ban quel with which hi* dittliigulshtfd wtmesak* fiom VovnsjfWulawaa about to regale them. SAVANNAH, SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1840, Wliolo No. 77. When Mr Bucloiimn concluded, General Beuj. O'. I low aid, whose deep seated pnpulnrily here you are insure ot, mose to introdm-e the 1'rnm.vlvnnia Sennlor, which he did with Ids usual felicity. Here Mr Hurknnnn, of I'eim-ylvnidn, aro«r, and upon so re-i an assemblage I ventme to sav—indeed lie ha* -aid—lie never before looked. He wns recieved with long and eoihti-inslio npplauso, and I could mil hut think lluu this grant debater, who bus so often.fared and funght und conquered tliccbutn- pious of whiscry in tbo most imposing nrenn of thn wi rid—thn Senate of the United States—1 say. I eould not help thinking that hn looked a littlo appall* ed ns hr first rnst hi* eye over this immense con course. Yet he went straight and steadily to the woik that was set before him, a d I assure you, performed it to the entire satisfaction id his friends. The contrast of this ^speech of Mr. Buchanan and til »e which have been hoard of late on the name theatre by our whig opponents, I rum llie highest to the lowest of them, could not fail to strike oil who henrd both. There wns no rant, no fustiun. noiro-s* lifie.,itUm,nncwn«'ewhnewt, with Mr. Buchanan. Ho frankly disclo-od his own priu-iploM and those of his party; and ended in know where were the principles of the wliigs; nod >■ bile echo answered •* where!” some wags in ihe crowds answered, “ in their pock ets." Mr. Rucliuit-in closed n most nblo speecli about 10 o'clock, having spoken about mi hour and a half. He retired amidst as hearty, enibuslnstio nlio. ring, ns ever & champion of sound 'principle* received. nnd he will carry back with him to the old Koystono *tute, the assurance that the *• Old Maryland Lino" is us true mow us in the days of the first Uevoluf on. * After Mr ftoclmnnn had cnchnloil, the veneru bin patriarch of Miiryluiid Democracy, tbo soldier of the Revoluiioti, thn patriot (if all times, General Tobias K. Stan-bury, now more than ftireseore, but us nrdont in the cause nf democracy as he wp« forty years nco, rose from his smt ns presiding officer, anil in ii short speech, which made the old feel young lignin, slid ihnlb'il the hearts of the young with his remini-rencies of their ancestor* und or the times which tried men’s souls, concluded the ceremonies of n meeting wliicli will lung be remom bored with pride by tho Democracy of Buliimoro 1 uni not competent to calculate tb*’ number of n meeting,by tb- ground they occupy an I hove not tbnt military iiccnrucy of eye which would nnablu one to estimire u m cling so numerous, oh us to en able me to give an opinion with any confidence to within u trioiisiitld or sot but it wns by large odds, thn largest meeting that ever assembled in Ball! more within the lust twenty odd yours. So nil,of our people agree, nnd so many, voiy ninny respect able w bigs admit. I tirnk you may safely set down Baltimore ns Democratic by an incruusuH majority, and Maryland ditto,—Globe DECKER AND NEW AND OLD FRANKLIN WARDS. Thursday Evening, August 6th, 1840. At nc'gular Democratic Republican meeting, held this evening nt the Club Alloy of D. H. Stew nrd, Esq , 1st Vice 1'residnit, T. Verstille, in the chair, the regular Secretary being iibsert,on motion, Levi S. Hurt wns appointed Secretary, pro tern. tbo minutes of tho lust meeting were rood and con firmed. It having been intimated that Cupt. Anderson of Liberty c.i. was present, he was loudly culled for, and responded inn happy nnd felicitous manner, concluding by introducing his friend, Mr. J. Fields of Liberty co. who wns then culled upon nnd e chained the uttenlimi of the assomblngo with n fervor ntidpung-ncy of speech, calculated to inspire us withzonl, in advocating Democratic prin ciptes— he concluded by giving an account of parties in Liberty and Me]ninth counties.—The former ri sing from the grn*p of federal Wliiggery—die latter increasing in Demacrniic principles. He wa< then to lowed by C. MnoArdoll, R, W. Pooler, J. S. Spare, Esqrs., in n very racy and spirited manner. On million of Jacob C bud bourn. ... _ Tietolved, Thai the llninks of till* meeting bn ten dered to Cupt. Anderson utid J. Fields of Libe.uy county, which was enrried unanimously. Oi motion of C MucArdcll, lleso/ved, That this meeting do adjourn,to meet here aguin on this night two weeks. T. VERSTILLE, 1st V. P. L. S. H art, Sec. pro lem. . COMMUNICATED. Mr. Editor:—Please Inform tho correspondent of tbo Republican, (Twenty States) that his draft on Mr. Van Bun'll in favor of Gen. Harrison, will bo returned forthwith, inasmuch that the drawer was not authorised to draw; not having any claims on the Presidency, nor agninst the President. In consequence of which l am >orry to inform him Mr, Van Biiron will hold on to the office of President, for the next four \cors, unless the draft is made payable to some more honorable man than General Hqrrlson, being somewhat fearful that it mny bo forged by Genera! H. But after tho next four yenrs hn will accept and pay nny draft drawn by Twenty Slates if made payable to a man who has never been a defaulter to the G-nernl Government. So we beg the holder of the draft to hold on nnd sing easy for four yeurs lunger, nnd it shall be paid if Mr. Van Buren shall have strot g evidence thnt it was nut bilged by Gen. Harrison. Yours Respectfully, AN AGENT. bim in the investigation, in which, as yet, slight pregtess has been made, nnd ihe result willprubab ly not be known tilLits closo. . l'hu canal and pioperty nppeitaining to it have for this fifteen years past been mortgaged In Holland for n loan obtained there, thn interest nu which has iieen ragulnrly paid up t* the present day. Tho funds obtained by the sale of the company's bond* in London, Imve b-en employed in the bunking de partment of slits institution, und certainly at un unfa vorable moment. Tbo lost sate of thu slock wus made at |7 per share of 100 dollars. TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1840. The Rev’d Messrs. Fi-lding nml Constantine, with their wive* sailed from this port yesterday ip tho packet ship Sal ida, hound to Africn. Messis. Field log nnd Constantino go out under tho pnti image of thn Baptist Foreign Missionary Society, nnd we un derstnnd are destined to labor in tlm volley of thn Niger.—Previous to their departure n large number of persons assembled on board the ship nnd religious services npproprinlo to the occasion were performed, by tho Rev. Mr. BreedumJ the Rev. Mr. Hume.— Norfolk Beacon, 4tkimt. MORRIS CANAL AND BANKING CO.MP'Y. The failure of the Morris Conn! and Banking Com puny to pay the interest on its bonds and post notes iu Imndnn, nows of which was brought out by the last British Sienmer, has created some pnnic in New York. The United Stales Bank is supposed lo ho pledged to the f uiiinos of tbnt concern mid its stock in coast q'u'tuv sunk a* low as 02 last week — 6’Aar- Mercury, 7th iml. THE BAY STATE. Massachusetts lins a populitioo of 718,592. Tbi< aggregate dties not include state paupers, convicts in the slain prison, tenants of I lin hospital* jails, &c, nor student* in en leg"* and ncud-nves, unless the families to which th-y belong are inhabitants of the Slate. Willi ibis reduction of tho nggn-gnte num bers, there is sn Increase over the U. S. census of 1830, nf 108,673, which is equal to 17| purceni. The greatest proportion of increase is in tho county of SuffJk.and thn next greatest is in Middlesex. RAIL ROAD PROFITS. Syracuse and Utica Iiatl Road —We learn that the direcrar* of ihis company will declare n dividend of four percent, fertile six months ending July 31. Two very superior locomotive engines, which cost $34,00(1.and ora said to be the best in UnitoH Slates, Imve (men recently made at Philn. delphia for u-e on this rosd. Before making a di vidend, $8,000 were appropriated fora payment on account uf these engine*.—AI. y.Ccin. Adv.Zdintt. The N. Y. Courier My*. Mr. Crydrr, of th* lions* of Morrison, Crydtr St Co., of London. Hr* mtived for ih* porpo** of lnve.|lf*iln| lb* pull but of th* Morris Csti") »nd B inking Company, in b*. half of lhp company’* bonds, London. Burn* of nur moat mpwuWa cHUsns h»v# U«i mWuuhI lb *M WHICH IS THE FEDERAL PARTY! We might, if we wore to sit down lo the task, enumerate hundreds ofleading men—or men,known in the political storms that have past, who were fed eralists, nnd n« federalists, opposed to tho adminis tration* of Jefferson and JackjuN. Is it nny won der then, that these politician* are to bo found ar rayed against Van Buren ! But nn unfl-dgnd politician of the whig school, of tho present day, taking bis ideas from certain whig presses, which assert ull tilings which can aid their purty; whether nr not susceptible of proof, will cry out: IVe (the wliigs) are the Democratic party, — yottt party it composed of Federaliete. We would ask this or that tyro,"in what political school would ho rank Danidl Webster, John Q. Adair,s, (and since 1824—Henry Clay/) The? used to cull themselves National Republicans—another name for Federalists, whonitned at m iking the Cun- Mitutinn a nose of wax, to be Cushioned to suit their purpose* of ambition. When was Daniel Webster a Democratic Repub lican! Was it, when he opposed tha second war of American Independence, und rejoiced nt the victo ries of the enemies of his country! Wns it, when homivocat. d a high tariff for protection, not a tariff for revenue, and thus filled the treasury with such a surplus fund as to cause a spirit of speculation in the country, which led it to tho brink of ruin! Wa* it, when he received from Federalists, four, teen votes, for President of tho Uniied States, when the Democratic candidate, Mr. Van Buren, received fmm the people, one hundred nnd seventy votes! Was.John Q. Adi ms u Democratic Republican, when, in 1825, lie attempted to wrest from Georgia her Indian Territory, nt the point of the bayonet!— Or was he one, when in 1828, the people, tho Dom- crate of this country, turned him out of the Presi dency, where n ruction of Fcd-.rnli-t* und turn coat Republicans (ut this day styled Conservatives,) had placed trim? Wa* Henry Clay n Democratic Republican, when In 1825 ho elected, through his influonce In the H. of Representatives, J. Q. Adams to the Chief Ma gistracy nf this Republic, nnd then " at a safe pre cedent" took tho seat of Secretary of Stuto under Mr Adams! Was he onu when, nt tho next election, the people disgusted with his intrigues, refused to confirm his election of Adams! Mr. Clay had the mortification tojsee Mr. Adnms defeated, by n .vote us smnll ns ho received In 1824, while the friends of Crawford nml of Clay Iu 1824, ne.irly to n man, supported Jackson in 1828. for the I'rosid ncy. Was Mr. Clay a Democratic Ropuhllcnnin 1832. when ho took' ihi* place of Adam* before tho peo ple and'received but 40 votes, while Andrew Jack- son was elected by 219 votes! Without glancing nt other trails in the political character of Webster, Adams, nml Clay,(for these fuels will suffice for us.) wo would simply inquire where are theso men now to he found 7 With the Hnrrfson Pnrty. * Rallying under the bnunor of Tip, Tyler and the Tariff tn defeat, if possild", the Democrutio Cundidutu lor the Presi deney. Again—whore will those men' be found In 1841. should they succeed in having General Harrison elected f Two, at least, will bo found in the cnbinot nf thu Here of Tippecanoe, while the third will be seen, us heretofore, presenting the petitions of the fane tics, seeking to overthrow the rights ufthe Southern people. Lot all unprejudiced men pause and reflect be- fore they act. Let every Southern WHiit consider bofoie lie votes, that on his vote rests, mure or less, not only the pre*ervntion of Democratic prlnclph but the sulvution of his united—his free und happy country. Wo have been led to those desultory remarks by tho following admission from a leading Federal Whig Harrison Press. Van Buren similar to Jefferson.—Thp testimony nf 'III opponent sometime* answers a good end. Tho following declaration i* copied from the New York Commercial Advertiser—one of the lending federal wh g organs of tbo cnuntiy: '• To Mr Jefferson's exertions do we owe the reign of JACKSUN and VAN BUREN. He it was who, likn Absalom, corrupted the people, Ho it was who sowed the wind, which brought tho whirlwind." Donation* may lie sent to Mr* Sarah J. H»’«, Uniied Statu* Hotel; Mr*. J. (C v Mills, 7 Chauncy place, Mr*. T. B. Wales,24 Winter street. 03" Articles forth* Fair, should b« sent as early as the 8th of Scpirmber." (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.] cMILLEDGKVILLE, August 8, 1840. Dost 1 Sir—Through the columns nfthe Georgian, nlb'W me to congratulate thu Democracy of Grorgia, upon the cheering prospects, w^lch give eviduttce of the glorious triumphs which await oqr party, In Oitober nnd November next. “From every qunrter, the gbuliUningnews comes of tho accessions to nnr rank*; the firmness ofouP ft lends; ihoir nativity, nnd the sanguine hopes which they feel nnd know must result to ihoir efforts. "I pray you God speed, in Old Chuthnm! Up hero tits work goes bravely un. Wo are " charging the enemy nil along the' linn"—they, nre in confusion, und at the battle in October, thoy will bo siidly de feated. Goon, the state is safe for Van Buren.— The bailors have all backed out " ALABAMA. y Tho Mobile Advertiser, (whig) claipffl the eler. Mon of the four candidates to the Lcgi-lntura by n majority of 109 votes—Mid the Sheriffhy 70 major! ')• - We Imve no administration papers from Alabama by tho recent mails, 1 THE LADIES OF MASSACHUSETTS With the spirit of the matrons of thn revolution are devising moasurcs lo complete the monument on Bunker Hill. The Indies of Boston will linvo a fair nbnut tho 10th of September, and devote the profits to tliai object. In their circular to the ladies of New Eng land, they remark: "Wc do not expert largo sum*; every gift, however small, will be vulucd usu token of go. d fading." This should not, ha we think, merely a sectional tribute. Viewing Dm kor Hill as one of “die corner stones oftho American Revolution," it would be ere* double to tbo women of America, in eveiy section,to oxert their influence in roaring this memorial to the pa i riot dead. It would be especially so tn observe the Indies nf Suvannan contributing their “good fo. ling” to the work. In the month of August 1774—at a general meet ing in this city of thn inhabitants of tho province of Georgia to consider tho slut" of the colonies in Ame rica, n committee, consisting of William Kwen, William Young, Jo«cph Clay, John Houstuuu, No. Idc Wimlierly Jones, Edwuul Telfair, John Smith. Snmuel Farley, and Andrew Ebon Wells, was ap pointed in receive mhsciiprion* for tho suffering cit izen* In Boston. In n f*w hours, five hundred and seventy nine barrel* of rice were contributed and •hipped for thnt port. In July, 1775, (the year after) 5000 pounds of powder, part of 13,000 captured by thirty volunteers under the command of Commodore Brown nnd Col. Joseph Habersham, from n British ship nt Tyliee, were sent from this city to the pairiut* near Boston. Aiding, os they, did their countrymen of New England with provision* nnd with ammunition in the "days thnt tried men's soul*," it would be no less cheering to see the d i lighters nnd grand daugh ter* of those patriot* of '76, contributing^! rear the Monumental column to the deeds of iho.e.wlio awa kened tha sympathy of their ancestors, and to exhi bit by their nets that though more than sixty yaars have passed away since ih# powder, contributed by Georgians, uttered un thn heights of Bnnksr Hil| defiance to the foes of a people, struggling to b« fret, that the sympathy of tha free far tho martyra to Liberty still exists, god eilU but ns brightly in th# bosoms of tho pfuant ••aentimu THE DEMOCRATS OF WASHINGTON WARD FOREVER. ScminwiA, August 8, 1840. The bona and sinew of tho country. The hard working mechanics again metf nt tliuir Hnll, nn Saturday evening Inst, in such numbers ns would cuuse a tyrant to quuil, nnd tho federal whig* to sink sullenly into despnir—upon'Which the 1st Vice President, W. A. Pom.ard, e»j;, took the Chair. The Secretary then read thu minutes of the last re gulur meeting, w hleli worn confirmed. It was then addre*sed by the follnwinc gentlemen! R. W. Po.t.xit, M. H. McAllister, Dr. R, D. Arnold, R M. Goodwin. J. S. Space, and Alex Dktbdale, esq*, innuleinplintieand thrill* mg manner—depicting the hefefit, and tho good that would niiso by tha m-electfcn of Marlin Van Buren, nnd the evident. di*«atirfaciiou that would attend the minority candidate, 'iliduld ho spoon it to the White Houso. On motion of M. H. McAllister,*esq., seconded by R. W Pooler, esq,, the mcetlng thon ndjottrned by giving thro* hearty cheers for Martin Van Buron Democracy, to meet again at the Menliiinics’ Hall, on Saturday evening nnxt,nt 8 o'clock. W. A. POLLARD, IstV. 1‘resldont. Jas D Cox. Secretary. HEALTH OF AUGUSTA. We are gratified to learn from the Constitution- alisl that our fellow citizen* iu Augusta are in the enjoyment ofheulth. Lnst year there were 340 deaths in that city, or which 240 were from yellow fever.Thi* year in seven month* up to l»i inst.th"ro huvo been but 51 donths, and not one from yellow fever; 16 of tho 51, tbi* year, were caused by scarlet fever. The editors of that paper remurk: "The general .health of our ulty will compnro Wilts that of any it) the union. It is triip we were, ufllieted lust yen, with that dreadful scnmge, the yellow fever, which carried uff many of our best citizens, blit so far this year wo have every reason to thank God, that from tho first duy of Junuury tu th > 1st {nit. we hove only hud 51 duntln.,mid nt the {iroMe.ii t firm pur-oliinons were narer In the enjoyment nf hotter health." ' -1.. ' ^ The Hon. John H. Eaton, Idtu Minister to Spuin, und family, have arrived at Washington city. HON. R. W. HABERSHAM. The Washington Nai. Intelligencer of the 5 th Inst, says—" We ore happy that wo.havn it in nur power lo relieve the anxiety of tha distant friends of Mi* iJuberxhum, by stating that he is now so much bet- *oi us to be considured out of danger." STEAM SHIP. The Philadelphia Inquirer say*—“ Wo have a rumor afloat thut tho steam ship between Philadel phia nnd Liv.'rpmd, has boon already ordered, and that it is to bo superior in skin, accommodations and appointment* to nny yet projectedjin either thl* country er Europo." • BRITISH GOODS. \ It bns been supposed thut from tho lipltod num. her of orders which have been *ent to 'Europe for Foreign Howls, that the impi.rlritlon* of the ap proaching Autumn will be^cnmparntively small.— We do nut cunctii in this conclusion. The ware houses of the British manufacture!* must bo 'over- •locked with fabrics that cannot bo disposed of In any other mnrknts to the same advantage, as in those of tho United States. Lnrgo quantities of these good* will find their way to this side oftho A tluntic, exported on British account, and forced off at auc tion for whatever they will bring. Our peoplo, if they are compelled to sell the produce of their labor raised fur foreign markets, at low prices, will bo able to purchase foreign fabric* at rates correspond ingly low. Cash sales and quick leturn* will tw thu order of the day.—Char. Patriot. Thn lady of Judge King of Philadelphia died a few days since from having bren badly (turned, her clothes having caught fire from a newspaper which was accidentally ignited by tlmjcnndle while she reading. NAVAL. Tlm U. 8. ship Ohio, Commodore Hnll, was at Toulon on the 4th June. The stn'oll pox bad broken out on boord. Eight bales of new crop of cotton were received at New Orleans on the 31 st ult; • Mr. Eu S. Davis, once of South Carollnn, now ofTcnnessee, ha* recently achieved everla*tling re nown by abjuring Democracy and subscribing Hard Cird. This *‘distin|tuishpd"persiiniig«, as the Na tional Intelligencer culls him, was sent a* n Drle gate from Tennessee lo tho Van Biiren Convention at Balrimo e, in who*- proceeding* ho took part, then went lo Washington and declared fi.r Harrison, The conversion, for a straight going man, wus a lit tie sudden and nm a litilo mysterious It seem* however; by the foil .wing curd* tlsit it is not bis first experiment in doubling.—Char. Mer. To the Editor of the Globe. WASHINGTON, Je'y 29. 1840. Sir: I iiercelve that the Itiialligemer (.chuckling at what it culls an important change from ihe Ad ministration, in tha per#oi. ul'an intimate friend uf General Jackson, Eli S. Duvi*, lute of Abbeville district, Saudi C'urolina, but now u resident uf Tennes*eo. A few yours ago, during the most lm portant are of General Juakson's Administration, when the wealth of llie country used every exertion In their power to defeat his reeleclion, this same EliS. Davis, which thu liitelli|enca claims as such an important change, edited u paper In rill* city, eniltli dihe " Exsirnnet/'and supjmited, the claims nf Daniel Webster for the Presidency, in contra- distinction in thnt of nny other person, 1 know Mr. Dnvls well, he«nu«r J wns the foreman fit hie office! nnd I unequivnmdly that 1 know him to be ■ Fedentlirt nf ihe Hamilmnien school, go murh for this impuriatit chemr. llcspcctfully, L. U KUlilNBON. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1840 r TYBEK LIGHTS. Wo learn from CnpiiiluKiNo,kec|>ef ofthe lights on Tybeo Island, tlitss the Beacon Light, recently lighted on on improved plan, by Mr. Lewis, is, in thu opinion of the keeper, one nnd a hnlfiimo* more brilliant than thn larger light, although the beacon light is composed of but eight lamps, and the larger light of fifteen Inmp-. Wo nliu |eurnthat It lithe gnneral opinion among the pilots, that thn larger light, unteas soon fixed on the same or a similar plan, may deceive navigators scokingthe port of Savannah. MR. DAVIS'SPEECH. We eumply with What wo believe to be, a general desire on the part of our democratic reader*, tn see iho speech of Mr. Davia in our column*. Not Mr, Davis,of Mass.who wns recently a Sonntor from that State, and now the wMgcundiduteforGnvainor, but Mr. Davis 0 r Pennsylvania, a plain Republican far mer, who takes a practical view of tlm subject h a understands, and practically illustrates it. We rn gret to divldo it. It will lm concluded tomorrow, so a* to bo entire in the country papers. It is a speech which wo recommend especially to tho honest farmmsinourcountry,nspntetionllycon tradicting the federal assertion that "a mnn born to nothing but tho plough tail" cannot legislate.— Let the Georgia farmer, who ha* himsel.'often and often logl-lmed fur Id* Stuto, rejoice in the Hound arguments of tho Pennsylvania farmer. The Globe in which it was first published Intro duce* it as follow*. GENERAL DAVIS. OF PFNNSYLVANIA. Ifthe Republican farmers would sen how easily one of their strongmiuded mnn enn handle the great est political questions, they havo only to rend the plain but most powerful speech "f General Davis. When it was delivered in the hall, it made a strong impiosdon upon the House, a* wc heat'd from sev eral ofthe mo nber*. That it will tukn still deeper hold upon the unsophisticated Democracy oftho country, we do not doubt. This speech will prove that un honest, clear sighted man, seeking truth, guided by principle, is nn over match for the most artful nnd cunning pri.fo**h>nnl sophist. Tho l'unn sylvunin farmer deinoli-hea tho Philad- Iphln lawyer in debate ns ca.ily us he could huvo done In unuther fashion with Id* "huge paw*." NORTH CAROLINA. Them are sixty bounties in tho Stato of North Carolina. In 1836, Dudley (Whig) recrlved foi Governor, 84,167 votes, and Spulghi 29,788 The vote for President wns diminished, Van Buron re ceived 25,839 votos, Whim, 22,972. paper that one fourth nf the laboring populath n of New England is, at tho present time, iinemploy. d. We have one fact to stain. On Saturday last, a shin owner In this plnce paid to an individual twenty erght dollars Car fourteen day* wot k For the sumo Inbur ho puid last year ten shillings per day. This, he said, was not un nsulai'd case; all the men in Ids omnluy were pnld lit thn name proportion Now how is it, if one fourth ofthe lalmiing community L unemployed,that wage* nre su much higher nt this time lliun in 1839 7 SPEECH MR. JOHN DAVIS, OF PENN- Pf 8YLVANIA. [/« Me House of Representatives, June 27,1840,1 ON TIIK INDKFNOKNT TREASURY BILL. Mr Davis said: Mr. Chulrman, before I proceed to the consideration of the grant und important national question now heft-re the committee, l will read nn extract from the Boston Courier, a modern whig paper It is us follow*: " As well might a blacksmith attempt to mend a watch, as a rai nier ta leglulate. Whnt mischiefs are sure to he enacted, when a man born to nothing but the plough tail, undertakes lo legislate *' Mr. Chulrman, I urn the kind uf person herein described. I wa* born to no inheritance but the plough tail; ami I huve ploughed ull day from up until duik, since I linvo been denied lo a soul on this floor. I know very well, sir, that this is not an uncommon opinion in n certain qnurter. It I* ai old as the Constitution under which wa live. Wheth er 1 «m qualified for this Station or hot is a question nlo'nef.ir my constituents, who hove sent me here. As I hove nut heretofore c.-niumed any of the time ofthe Homo, I now ask the indulgence of the committee, while 1 present some of the reutens thnt will influence my votn on this important qurstion. The gentleman from Mus*aohu*vils, (Mr. Reed) who has just taknn his seat, tho gentlemen from rotinsylvnnln, (Messrs. Sergeant nnd Cooper) und the gentlemen from Kentucky (Messrs. Pope, White and Andrew*,) us woll asmostuther gentlemen who have spoken in opnusitinii lathi* bill, have charged tlw present administration with being the cou*o or the suspension ufspucUt pay meal* In 1837 and 1839, niul all the evil cotueqitenco* attending them; such n* tho derangement of,the currency, the issuing riiinplaster*, the reduction in the price of produce, • u ,h- l ...V luu''' mi.l turning thn poor laboring mnn mu or«Spl„y to "n " *i!l " “^niW } "T ’ 1,1 KW l *"‘ starve; fur the gentleoMn (Yum Pennsylvania (Mr. " 1107 1191 II7B 1173 1186 nno 1001 1002 lurr*. 1087 ALABAMA. Wo extract some returns from thu Wetumpkn Argil*. The Mobile Register of 5th Inst, snyst “ * We have lost all but our honor.’ It I* com puted by tho best judgp* un tbo Democratic side, thnt wo lost 100 legal voters by rej ction on account nf the non-production of their pnpets, (those ‘free papers' which so.distutbed the virtuous Feds two years ago) and that from 25ft to 300 spurious voto.< were admitted." The official return exhibits the following result t Federalists. C. C. Lnngdon, Joseph Bates, T. Me. Prince, A. C. Holllnger, Sheriff.—George Huggina, 'Democrats. Jnmes S. Dens, G. F. Lindsay, ,H. Chnfnticr.laia, . H. C. Holme*. ^ ~ Sheriff.—J. D. Godtmld, " The poll, of the County is aliotit 400 votos hea vier than it was lnst year, nnd yet the Whig* calcu lated before the election upon ben ting us, because three hundred Democratic votes had been taken nil by tho yellow faver last fall. Where did theso votes come frum 7 Thn puli U fur uhnad of tho census— where did they come fi otn !" Hnll (a Whig gain) is elected from Baldwin by 30 majority. Last year ho was beaten six vote*. From ono precinct (only heard from) of Washing ton county there I* n Democratic gnin over lastycar. The Whig ticket has succeeded in Chambers County. GREENE WARD AGAIN. Monday Evekino, Aug. Kith, 1840. At a regular meeting of the Democratic Repub lican Association of Greene Word, held at thrlr Room, this ovcnlng, thn-2d Vice President, L. W. Smith, In tho chair. On motion, Levi S. Hart, was appointed Secretary pro tern. A motion wns madu by Gen. Hans, thfst inconso- qiionro of the absence of tha Regular Secretary,tb^ minute* uf tho Inst meeting be post ponnd fur reading and confirmation. Curried unanimously, Th* C’hnlr stating tho meeting was open for any resolutions or remutks, the following gentlemeu severally addressed tho Democracy, in language that could not bo misunderstood, and in a stylo so perspicuous that tho most simple could understand the principle*of Democracy, whilst Federalism wa* shrouded in niy»tery and darkness, only known to those who have the golden key C. MaisAnrdelb J F. Stokes, J O. Bailor, L. S. Hart, W. H. Bui. liKih, J. S. Space, and P. M. Russell, Esq*., having nil been called on, sustained the principle*, un der which our forefather* fought und conquered In 1776. Under those principles,ko will fight and con quer in 1040. On motion of Wm H. Bulloch, Esq. this meeting adjourned to meet again on Monday ovenlng, nt 8 o’clock, L. W. SMITH, 2d V. IWl. Levi S. Hart, Sec’y pro tem. NORTH CAROLINA. We find In tho Charleston C'nurior, of Monday,' inturns from the counties of Washington, Beaufort Nash, and Wayne. We annex tho vote in those counties in 1836, as also in Edgecombe, Franklin, Granville and Warren,(published iu the Georgian o> Saturday,) which was the fast (into the parties wore fairly arrayed agninst each other. Spniglit in 1836 wn*,and Suundtrsin 1840 fa the Democratic Candidate fur Governor. Sergeant) informal! us that they *ere in a state of starvation. All these evil* they sny have come upon die country by Mr. Van Buren’* tampering with the bank*} lur which lui liu* been called a currency tin ker und other odd names. Now if this bo true, us charged over and over again un this floor, and In the opposition papers, it is the strongest ruiisun that has fawn uffercil why a separation of the government Irom the bank* should tukn place. Nothing that the f loud* uf tho bill have said in its fit vor can be mure striking to the pqhilc mind .him that—if tho Presi- dent tins tho poworto d-i so much mischief, it should bu taken from him Hod I been opposed to this bill when 1 cutno here, (which I was not,) I have heard enough from it* en.-mles to convince me that It should pn«s, I um plouscd that my honnrable colleague from Philadelphia [Mr. Sorgeain] 4 hu* at lei.g h mod-- known to u* tho principal ciiuae of thu opposition to this hill. He, of ull other gentlemen on this floor ha* had tho bo*l opportunity lo bu informed on that particular *ubji-cl. Ho repr. sums tho bank interest ul Pennsylvania, und of nil other men Is hint acquainted with their views, wishes, feeling*, and ihti rusts In examining this bill, tlm gentle. man said that the amount of tn-inny appropriated in it wns $21,990. This «ppo< rod uu tha face of it; but there, wus something, he said, thut was covered up in it which wus hid from public view, but which would b* perfectly apparent when be mentioned it. The Saaretary of Iho Treasuiy, and the friend* of tha hid, ho said, hud admitted that it wnuld requite fivo millions of/ dollars to bo all tha timn in Trt-a> sury. Here, said Mr. D. 1 think the gentleman has misunderstood the Secretary, He sui I that there would not bo likoly to be more thin that amount in ihetransury at any ono time, and not that that amount would be all the tlm* In lYeaiinryr-Tnvtnterwt on tnRrroinrrotd'itio'gBn- tleman, at 7 nor cent, will bo three hundred nnd fifty thousand dollars, to which add tha twenty-onu tliousund dollars, makes three hundred and snveni)- one thousand d-dlarsthui you may double this sum, said lie, for It will take ten mllli-m* nf dollars in stead of five, nnd that will bo seven hundred and forty-two thousand dollars ner nnum, drawn from tliu tux pnye. s unnecessarily by this bill. Tills, then Haiti Mr. D. mny bo said tu fat the reason given by the bunk intcrrft fur their opposition to it. Iliavo taken some trouble u.ltiuk into tills inte rest iiccuum, by examining the monthly returns of the Bank of tbo United State* for tbo nixtaou years tbnt shewn* tbo fiicnl agent of the Government; and then taking the annual return* of the dopasite Bank* from iho removal of the deposite* to the su*- penib-n in 1837, n d the following bus !*eon the re sult of thut examination; Amount of deposit** in tho United State* Bank according lo ihe monthly returnsi 1818 $7,609,591 99 1826 1819 1829 1021 1822 1823 1824 1825 2,969,718 93 2 065,013 58 2,337,071 46 3,485.118 39 6 874,418 31 8,081,976 98 6,303,390 74 1827 1828 1H29 1830 1831 1832 1833 $6,903,350 45 7 623,228 18 >1,932,255 89 8,168,025 59 7.899,994 29 8.186.241 21 11.337.722 21 8,520,040 61 The overago minimi iitinimi in the Treasury dur ing the above period wns $6,717,191 17. Upon this I bud calculated un inlorest of 6 per cent, but a* tbo gentleman, who understand* interest better than I do, has charged 7 per cent, ho will nut com plain, I trust, iflrhiiuld adopt the some rule fur It * friends wh.ch will moke $7,523,254j11 h • whit e amount of interest rrceiv d on tha depo*ites. But this is not all. I am informed that the rule i-f bunk- Ing is to issue i wo dollar* In paper for every dollar of deposit**, nnd loan that out also. If this fa the fact, then tbo inlesost account of tlm Uniied Slates Bank alone is $22,569,662 33. In tho dopusitu bank*, I have taken tho amount reported to be oil hand at the und "f each year, i now show thobulunce in the Treasuiy, a* prevented lo Congress by (Is*- Secretary nf the Treasury. 1834 $11,792,995 31 interest $702,774 31 8,892.858 42 26,749.803 96 45,968,523 86 corn from $ 1,76 In $3f -nt* 7619 80 com* In 1891, in Ico* su k down «» W tl.ai wh.-al Wtallt mil) opj cunts,corn 31 t'muiUMni'iiiunfy* lW»*nlf get btislioi: | jdouglK|f„.in.»,ahd.ow •d the sited, rut If, riiresbod ILWdhattfaddl tn mniv krt nt b-.ihiknso p.*rl ifa. T(i> l*md on wbich'iiiia *.i n .r w ,r 1 ' \ n,6 ' • find at that !lJ 1 " 1 M'* lwr “ • Aliwhnhles# wtmhml rerblv.il $1,25 rent* |«r dnv, and went fmind, were reduced to 921 coni*, and many 4v. rtf, out ..rrmpluvment altoguther, nnd oth.-r tahnrinr ni-Mei rived waxes in the tarrm pnmortlon. Lund Ml Irom $123 per acre to $50, and In some cases lo»iir Hundreds nnd tliou*nnds ofhmm.t fafmarr had t-nsred tint meridian of life, lin’d,' by a long cours* nr industry, had accumulated a li-tlo properly to make Ilium comfortable In old uge, if thev wer# one fourih in debt for their land, and sreM pusheil- " r, t, the Whole wns swept from them. Or if a maff dad unr form clear, and u second one for which ,hx < * w 1 , ,m , ,r */•«• purchase ro-mey, it took them but j to pay tho debt. As gentlemen or the bar gem erally fationon tint misrik joftflrpeoplo, I presiiino inn gentleman did not uxperienco any embarrass* mentuttlmt time. ■ What will the farmer sny at this tlitii ?, Why, hhT Forlt* 0 * W ” n ** B ^**" rMmuc * 1 °***i e formerly got Hare again I will give vou my own practical** pertenen. My last year's crop brought mo mote money than any ono crop or the Inst three yuoiV, i tie increased quaiiti y mure than made up for the diminution of price. This fa the case also with manv of my nvighlmr*. I trocentW received a letter from a armur in my neighborhood, who informed me tbut he had sold from hi* last yenr’s crop .437 dollars worth orhuj , and i hat ho had 4 or 5 ton* yet to spare, which would make It up 590 dollars. He had beside this, his wheat, corn, and oats to sell, and he own* nnu works onlv about ninety ncre# of Und. Wo farmor* know that when we hare nn abundant crop- tall other things being equal) the price will boiowv er than when thn crop Is sltntt. It Is therefore not always the'best times for farmers when prioe* are very high, huvausoitis generally owing tu a shun crop. It requires a certain quantify olg.'iiln fa r ( |, 0 - T il* “ n{ ^ *tack, and if he consumes if all, the high price is of no advantage- to him. Wa- had belter have two hundred bushels of whent nt one dollar, than nno hundred at two dullnts per bushef,. For exnmplet say that it takes 50 busliefs for breaiT and seed. In that case we would havo 50 bushels left, at two dollais, tanking $190, and In tho other cine we would have 150 i.usbels left t $1, mokiiig $Io0. But, sir, we ure like other men—we like biff crons nnd high prices too. We have, however, heard orthe country being ruined su often frum the Oppo sition iwllhin the lost few yeors. thut wo understand their object. You want, gentlemen, togutnu,- votes, and then you could control our money; but yuur Whig panic speeches fall still burn upon us. ' Jt_wm,go to tho laborer, says the gentleman; atid- 533,571 50 1,604.988 23 2,758.111 43 1840. 1836 Saunders, Mankind, 8palakt, Dudley. Washington, 90 379 34 377 ioaufuit, 803 840 230 755 Sdgucotnbe, J450 79 1101 71 Sush, 782 73 079 102 r'runklin, 036 383 504 398 iVurren, 795 88 073 92 irauvilie, 769 873 391 • 077 IVuynu, 512 moj. 90 710 109 THE BLACK COCKADE. The Boston C'ouiioi, the loading Whig paper In MHSiochoseiu,edited by J. T. Buckingham, Esq., says that Gun. Harrison could not have worm motu hom-rablr budg-- titan the Black Cockade, nur could he have toppoitrd a better man than the eldo, Adams. Now thl* is an honest avowal of British Whig somimenls, divested of the hypocrisy which genFrally clmracierin-s the statemool* uf " whig" editors,—Hartford Time, waoeZ The cry of the npprulilun l'resses Is, that wagr# pre luw ami laborer* mil of einpluymeni, Ileml tlm follow Ing ft win the Near Bedford (Mass.) Keg- l-tur, «f3 linsli Otu nf U vt sutwi U wm Ythi$ $5,599,445 47 If tills amount was nil the time in the banks, thu interest accruing un it ut 6 per cent, would hit $5,599,445 47; hut at 7 per cent It will bo $6,524, 986 40 ' ‘ ‘ ‘ Apply the same rule to this that we did P'« 7 £' u ; “ nnW /tnitur ...a «... subscription tor sfdck, nnd thm e> notes for each dollar of depo-ile, nnd loan that out al»o, und you have the sum of $19,574,858 21. Add ihis to the profits of tho United States Bank, und you have the round sum of $41,144,429 14, reali zed by less titan one hundred banks, by their having the custody und use of the pub.io money. This ox. plain* thu reason, to a great extent, of tbo opposi tion to the bill now under aimsidoratiun. Those gentlemen who live by ihoir wit-, and not by their labor undsretond all theso thing*. Here it will bo proper to remark th'ita portion of Ihe money in the United States Bank belonged to tho sinking fund, under the act of March 5, 1817, set ting aj art ten millions of dollar* to pn> tbo interest and also to reduce the principal of the debt of tho Revolution nnd late war, On tho 12th nf February, 1816, tha whole dubt amounted to $123,039,992, 95. On the 301 h September following it wns r* du- ced to $198,745,818. The whole avenge annual IImount in ihe bank fur sixteen years wm* $9 717,- 191,17. UftliisSnm I think ill* fair/n charge $2,000,090 Pr the sinking ftiml, leaving $4,717,101 17 as the amount applicable lo ordinary expenses all the time iu the Treasury for sixteen years Frum this it would ap|M-nr that thrrsutnof $5 0d0,090,a* estimated by tlm Secretary of the Trca-urv, Is nut much out of tha way, and not $10,099,900, ns tlm gnntlamau from I’annsylvxnla [Mr. ScrgrautJ opposed, f bo worst times, said tha gantlamvn, that the eminuy has aver s*en,ha» barn under tlm Sub-Treas- •try system. Now I am certain,said Mr. D. that my liouerubla colfalguo doe* not intend Ur mi-lead thu commliloa or lint public In this maitar, but ha ha# surely forgotun tha distress in tlw o antryabeoi twenty yaars ago. I will Itan* ralata my own per *"ital experience ai that |ierbal| ami uxjiarfaNi'a, wr all know, fa ibahasiuflaaeltere. Iifaaeiaaaessaty,' tlmiufure, fur tm l« go to lha stails|las of Iha «mh* whu» my uwnaapvtfaacais a iwniiyuaiil pan answered my puipose; but nuw I umlaut of employ,, und my family fa starving. Mon starving in Pennsylvania! Sir, this is now*- me. I thought Jui complaint wits that grain woe too luw. Thl* fa certainly whnt wus said to the- farmers. 8incu a panic has bnan attempted w bd’ got up here, I have frequently hoard from homo pn. tho subject of labor and wages, and find that dhr mechanic* are well employed In my Immediate- n.-lgltborhood at form.;! price*. This fa, purliaps, an exception to the general rule;' nnd thn renaon ts obvious. ' We have nil bank near us, nor have we any thing to do whb them. - Every* man keeps his own money, and no bank marks uiir checks g od without paying the money. Wc don't build, nor employ nu chanica of any kind, nntfl we- are able to pay for whai wo get done, without going- to bonk for tho money. Our burlnea* 1-, tl.eralbre^ rejm ar. I have I eon waotldng thucourso of events- fur ilia l«»tfewyeniH, and I have mu iced iheoliapgef a nd fluctuation* thut linvo taken place, and am nf the opinion thut ih>- ambarraixment of the couutvy is owing to overactinn by banks, oi- to their OnsttaH- inrs* in thulr accoinmudutlons to the business ruttn* munity. I find generally, win re men are thrown out of employ merit, that Ills for want oraoontihu. nnceof honk aoonnimodniions lo carry on business. Too many of pur business men depend nponbanb loans tb curry on their business; nnd when ihat I* withheld, they nre compelled to discharge their hands. It I* a lam-ntableimtli tbnt the banks Iihvp too much control over tho' business of the coun try, and therefore can produce a panic ut plot-' sure- "l don't Ilka ha-d money," says the gentleman. "I would rathur have paper; it don’t wedr opt my pocket so much. Why, ahull the peoplo be com* pelled ta buy silver to pay th. Ir debts! Wo hove too much gold and silver in this country.-’ Wo have errea in tnt*,'n* tn every Mnug-mae-'-rnty-nvinnH-' lions of your foreign debt is ocCiirioned by. the im* portatiunufgold und silver. Send bark your fifty five millions und pay your debts, un whicli you buve to pay $3,390,909 in tore* l. From the gentleman's account we hove erred fir this, then, said Mr. D. as in every thing olset that fa wr havn committed nnerroi bv bringing gold and silver into the country instead uf merchandise# Tim- s i-imiise, nnd with them gentlemen's opinion rhunuo Wliun tlm gentleman received twenty thiiu-und duller* for going in England, as ag.-ut fi.r the US. Bank, tu bring in -puciu, it wo*all right to bi Ing specie Into the country $ but now it is ull vmng. One thing I presume fa certain/ no man that board the genilomoii will clinrgo him with being a hard money man, Tl.o only ihiug for our consideration, bn this subject, is, was it better for tho country tee bring ibis mnney in gold and silver, or merebao* disc! , Th« Stales loivu created stocks since 1820,. nmountiog lo $174,69 6,994, and over which the- General Government huve no con'rol. They found their way to Europe! The'above umuunt was ail that was brought over in specie, nnd thn rest wle brought over in merehtlndfse. Onn of the great evil* thnt has ofl! cted this eounliy, has been nn over importation, and yet the gentlemen would hav« imported filty-five millions more, In preference to the precious mvlhls. Such Is Ids aversion io hoid money. I’erhnps this exporl.ition of hard money fa ndvocnledto justify tlie United Slates Bank in ex- porting: s|M)cie, us sho ha«dune. to the unioniit of $8.713,000, in about fourteen months. This seume to bn currying out the gentleman’s prinviplein lull. At the snmo lime thaLihegenlli-tnnn ndvocutt-d send log this fifty-fivo milllotis nfsneclonutnflhe country# ho nlsu ndvoented a Nulionnl Bank, as well assume six or eight'..(her gentlemen. Now, sir, Iwnnt to ask these gtu.llcman whether their bank fa to hii’vh n specie basis! and II so, where is It teconm from! From tho best estimate timt can be made from the statistics of the cnuntiy, the amount of gold and sliver in the United State* is about eighty-five mil lions. Of this, 33,105,155 1s in the banks, a* ie shownby their last return, nnd the rest fa la circu lation, or In tha hand* of the popple. The project of tho gentlemnn from Kentu. kv,[Mr. Pope, j and tho only one submitted, was foru seventy midion bank, so restricted thot it sboi|Jd only issue 'two- dollars In paper for one in specie. Under this pfan one ol two things is curtain; either that yourclre cumiou will besmull, or you must have a large specio basis And where, I ask egnin, fa it ta come from! Can you get what is in thohands of the peo ple! Or will you, Hfter all your profes-ion* of frfand- jhlo for the Stale* banks, receive their note# far tubscWptfoil for *TdcHi' nnd Jhcd’cart un 'h~. A~. ■ tlicir hurd cash! Or will you go ’to England for it, und Incrouse the Indebtedness uf which the gentle man complain*! These an- questions worthy of your consideration, and I, for one, would like to have them answered. Crea ing more banks fa like feeding Vesuvius with oil; you only incteese Ufa Homo. Tbo gentlemen ha* furnished u# with a long Re count ofthe expenditures, nndulso of losses by. I|t» ngpnts ofthe Government, from Its commencement* • In this the genllemau has imitated bie cany. He he* dealt in generals, and hot descended to particu lars. I huvo also tonki d over document No. 10, of tlm present sessi-n, and find that the amount lost by dishurring officers, exclusive of trust fund*, and payment ofthe publicdebt, are a* follows, to wit.’ General Washington'* first toim, 13 cents per $100, second term, 27 cents per $100; John Adam'* H3 centa per $109; Mr. Jefferson's first t'-im, 8* cent* prr $109; second term, 64 cent* per $!O0f Mr. Madfaiin'* first term, 130 miiii per $100, ee- cond teiro, 112 cent* per $109; Mr- Monrou a first term, 205 cent* per $100, *ec..»d tarxi, 218 e^Rfa tier |100| Mr. J. Q. Adam’s. 66 cent* per il00 > Ck-neixl Jackson’s fir** term, lOccou per $l0U)far t-ond term, 20 cant* per $ 109. It will l»e remembered that Mr Madhong ad- minfaiiatioo was during the embargo end war; end tbereforn more ugeius w.-rj* neeer*ari y empluyed. Mr. Monroe's edinfafaliailAe met with less op| oefa lien than any Admlulstrstfan sine* the adopt (ox of nucGpmitliiilivu. Now, sir, look nt the pattern Ad ministration ofthe vow ruble gentlemen ft**fa Mae .••Jnsre-i-. [Mr. Adam; t] (lie Isran per hundred del- lari wesflOMutsi end rim pn-hgtl«nd wasteful adtnlnhirailon, at hi* em-mfai term K «f General J*#liaon,«tly bwt I9euni* |*r lomlrotl doilar* the firet term, und 20 cent* the «ee-i4 farm. Thl* le seiyi IU Ufa, genth-men | when we draw you tut>> j-atiUulitt, you make a tremendfaw eefav ’■ J * ; I

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Weekly Georgian. (Savannah [Ga.]) 1839-184?, August 15, 1840, Image 1