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SAVANNAH
GEORGIAN
NEW SERIES—VOL. I.
SAVMXXjiU, THUH'liJir MORNING, < VtUlIKU 84,1888.
NO: 160.
SAVANNAH:
WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCT. 23,1832
*S
As mini no northern mail was received
lest night. The wonder would be if it had
arrived. We tre too grateful for those we
roccasionally receive, to grumble at so tri-
/ Sings disappointment, as the failure of some
kalfdosenof them.
We learn from the Republican that Col,
Wm. C. Lyman has been appointed Score'
Vary of the Eleculive Department of Ucor.
gia, to fill the vacancy of Carnesor Wo d
who baa resigned
Ttm'Grnk Cauet. —Lord Erakine, "whose
voice,” says the Lonilen Morning Chronl
cle, “ huso often and aosucccaifullybeen
veiled in behalf of the oppressed,” has ad
Vdrelsed an appeal to Lord Liverpool, in
‘behalf of the Greeks, which advocate! in
' the most manly, and feeling Style the cause
of that struggling and deserted people.
Whether the letter will have any effect up.
on the approaching Congress of Sovereigns
la doubtful—we fear the cold-blooded po
licy of the Holy Alliance is not to bo tnov-
nod by the language of truth or justice. Tne
following is the close of Lord Erskine’H
tebaervetiona t—” If this Congress -if Sovc-
rteigns and their Ministers is only to have
for its object the renewed support of prin-
.ciplea and projects already too notorious,
tend, if, to avoid any incongruity or depar-
tore from the system hitherto acted upon,
’Turkey Is to it sanctimoniously upheld ns a
legitimate Sovereignty, and the Gtvckeave to
He sacrificed, or in any manner compromised,
an the ground that they are the etdijeclt of the
forte, and bound by their allegiance, though
against thdr universal mill, to obedience
and peace, I desire hereby to express my
abhorrence of comprehending this country
in auch an odious combination, and I am
confident that the great mass of the Drilish
people will join me in tny proteot, My
alarm as to the future, my lord, is justified
by whit it pail. The conduct of Russia i
quite inexplicable upon any other ground
than that she hss been, recently a! leael
ectingln concert with the Continental Pow
era, and that the Continental Powers, and
ourselves ptrhapa along with them, trad
taken no atejjs fot any ustablliliment for the
Greeks nor were preparing to provide for
them any security whatsoever.”
model which la completed hut been
put in motion kith a mnapheric air
the wheel movinfc at tie r ile til 130
revolu ions pec n£iiui«, under a pres
sure nf one pnutkl per square inch,
applied upon a n|ston not exceeding
half an inch in dif meter,”
"The post oj Jtouour it a private
station."—The Him. James Elliott,
one of the candidflca fur Congress,
from Vermont, having modestly de
clined the suffrages ul the Fieemen,
thus informs them vhat he should bi
ll he could be elected.
” Were it possible that I could be
elected I should devote every moment
ol my lime, and every faculty of rnv
soul, to the public service. 1 should
pay nn particular a* to Allan to the
great mon at WaMitiigton hut for the
purpose of examining their puliiical
conduct. 1 should mike regular re
ports of my votes and my reasons fur
them to my cnnalituents. I should
fearleisly attyck and expose every
real pnbfic defaultet-, every cringing
•yenphnnt end dishonest agent of Hie
government. 1 shounl be lur patron
izing our interiml rosourses, and ecu.
nomizing the expenditures of the va
rious brunches nf the national admi
nistration. But I am convinced that
the people of thie state are not very
anxious for representatives of this
character.”
A correspondent in Liber'y county oh
aervea—“The county of Libc»y contains
three hundred and seventy-four white
males above the age of twenty-one years,
and four thousand eight hundred and se
venty seven slaves: pays an annual lax fur
the support of the ata-.e government of
about two thouannd eight hundred dollars,
and from one fourtli to one half aa much
fur local purposes. O ily three authorised
•etailers of spirituous liquors reside within
.it* limit*. Does any other county in Geor
gia afford such an evidence of temperance
in the uae of ardent spirits l”
Texas.—An article from Lillie
Rock, Arkansas, dated the IStli Aug.
furnished by. gentlemen Irum Mr.
Austin’s uttlemenl, at the mouth ol
the river Colorado, inducea the belief
I that the report nf the death uf Mr.
Austin is premature. They stall
{jhat the accounts of that event hud
keen contradicted. He was said to
be in Mexico, endeavouring to obtain
a grant truni the government, which
it was feared would not be obtained,
•a it was required that all the settler'
must be Catholics, none other being
permitted to settle in the province-
The rich Spaniards, it is added, were
leaving the Mcxicun Provinces, in
constqu nec of the truublesume ap
pearance ol the times, with their pro
perty.
JV*ctr Steam it'pgitte.—Thni, Hat-
Ion, an intelligent mechanician of Phi
ladelphia, has constructed the model
of a ateatn engine, in which the prn-
ffelling power in applied in a in nine,
atluge'her different Irom that in which
(team has been used heretofore. 1 he
following desciiption uf it is given in
the National Gazette t—“ The model
consists of a wheel ol bruit, about six
Inches in diameter, nn the periphery
of which the 6team is applied in thorn
berg, formed by the wheel and a me
tal rim which surrounds it. The steam
introduced into these chambers, acts
upon blocks uf metal or pistons clos
ing the chambms, and m kesstrukes
almost equal in length to die circum
ference ol the wheel. The macliin
cry fur inducting and educting the
ateam is ingenious and well adapted
to its object. The advantages prnpo
Bed by the inventor are simplicity and
-economy in the cost nt runstructian,
in the consumption el fuel, and in the
number of hands necessary to work
it. A« the motion is rotary, he avoids
thereby the necessity of the balance
wheel, and the loss ol time between
the ascent and descent ol the pistons.
The weight will not exceed half that
ol an ordinary engine, and it will nut
occupy oiote ihau ball Uietuum. The
Nw-l'ork, Oct. 4 —The Bnlina, a)
Boston, sailed from Ponce, Aug. Gilt,
Left the Gen'. Jackson, of this purl,
still under detention,although cleared
by (he Judge I and bi ig K dry, uf do.
condemned. The conk uf (lie f>irv
lias arrived m the Bnlina, She wa«
captured Aug. 30, by a Pnrlo Rice
privateer achr. of I gun, anil an ived
a I Pone? next day. The officers and
crew were plundered of overt thing.
The F. was From Buenua A vrea for
liayli, and had on hoard t-i() mules
when she sailed,but all had died ex
cept about 57. The Fairy, a few
Hours before her capture, was boarded
by the Alligator.
The privateer Pnlomo, sailed from
Ponce nn the morning of I he Gilt bound
round to $t. Johns, with a fine Eng
lish captured brig in cm which was lu
he fitted us a cruiz-r.
Brooklyn fContyJ iffpf. lfie—Some
Few weeks since a man by the nameol
John Ide, a native of Rhode Isl md,
wa- lodged in gaol in this town, upon
a Charge nf having committed a tape
upon the body of one Polly Walker, a
willow woman, of Woodstock, do
Thursday last the grand jury were
empanelled, and witnesses hud aniv
ed in town to attend the trial of Id
among whom whs the Utifurluimle
young widuw. But, In I what u tnigh
ty change had token place in thi si
tuation and circumstances of this wo
man ; for instead nf stopping forth in a
court of justice to avenge her injur
ed innocence, she appeared a spright
ly, loving, active, dame, laying claim
to the person ol the prisoner, not fw
the purpose of having him tied bv n
knot tn the gqllow*, hut to herself by
the knot uf wedlock | aa aha was short
ly to be the mother of a child, the
fruit of their former intercourse. They
mutually agreed to join in matrimo
ny, and Ide was liberated from pn
son, the complaint against him hav
ing been disposed uf,They were caughi
soon ultorwarda in a very loving situ
ntidn, reiteralipg Iheir vows of love
and friendship, lor which Ide waa nr
rested and fined lor violating public
decency.
Towards evening Ide, title mnnsler
in human shape, left town, and hail
not proceded but ubout two miles,
while travelling in a bye roid a res
portable and worthy young lady pas
sed him in « one horse waggon, upon
which hr sprang into the waggon, ai.d
made attempts to violate her pefaim,
threatening her to' prevent making
any noise; but rcgatdlesaolhiathreats,
lie soon brought her iriemls to her
assistance by her screams, and she
Was thus fortunately rescued from
the ruthless lungs or this miscreant,
lie waa loon secured, and again dim-
udtted to goal to await his trial, which
is tn lake place at the present term
of the Superior Court, now in session
in this town.
Buffalo, Sept, 84.—The Steam-
bout superior, Captain Rogers, re
turned to this port on Thursday, last,
having again been disabled on the
Luke Captain R sailed from here on
the Mill mat, lor Detroit, and two
days alter was Biel by a gale, againat
which he waa making every exertion
to proceed, when a heavy seu struck
die waterwheels wilhsuch force a- tn
overcome the power ol the Steam, and
produce a re-action which carried a
away one of the crank wheels ol
the engine though formed of cast iron,
and ol immense weight. This accident,
happened a little above Cleavelaml.
The Boat rode out the gale at anchor,
alter which the passengers weie Ian
d-d at Grand River, and Capt. it
returned, by the help nf his sails. In
this place. This is the second acci
tluul ul the kind the prcaseui seaauii,
and it is found hy observation to bl
owing to the Improper locution nf the
engine. It it placed ton high in the
boat, whirl) gives auch length to the
arms of the water wheels, as. to ren
tier the engine incapable of oonlrnl.
ling them in a rough sea. The boat
is now laid up for the season, and it
is to throughly repaired the finding
winter, under the immediate inspec
tinn of the engineer, Mr. Calhoun-
This measure was rendered absolute
ly necessary, as well Iron) the length
of time req .iaile (o repair the engine,
is from the cerlainty of its failing a
gain if overtaken by a gale, while
located aa at present ; and while Wt‘
regret tliia misliinune ‘as nor like
Ijrtn produce much public disappoint
ment, we a-e ron-qled svifh the n«-
sura nee, that the boat will take th-
Inkc next.a ason- under circumstances'
that will leave no doubt of her com
pleta succeia.
MAIL ROBBERY,
Natchez, Sept 7 —A young man of
Ihi name nf Rosa Binl, a native ol
Ratherfioud county, N. C. a post ri
dor, on the rout from this place t
Columbus, was committed to the jn
nf this coun'y on Thursday lust, on
charge of robbing the mail,
Wc are informed hy Mr. 1). W
Hairy, fmail contractor nn that rout
Sc who apprehended Bird,anil brnugh
him rolhis place.) Ivin' it appears from
confessions made by llinl that he ha
been in the practice of taking pack
ogog from this, mail, at diff rent lion
since July lint, which he sometime
IT Clod tly means of fractures in the
hags, and at others by slipping up the
snap which confines (he hags; ilia
ibout the 20th of tho mouth he took
from the mail a packet of letters when
near the Chnckiaw agency, which h
supposed tn have been mailed ol Ur
ton Rouge, and directed niuthitaid —
which purket he opened anil look ou
of a let'or a 20 dollar bi'l ul the-llui
ted Stales bank, endorsed m. Nut
of N-w Orleans—and alnn, two 3 dot
lar hills Irmn another letter, in the
same packet ol the Connnortwealll
bank ol Kentucky, and then destroyed
the letters hy burning them; also, Ilia
on Hie I5lhuf August last near tin
I’igenti roost, i„ the Chncktaiv nation
ho took a large packet of letters from
the mail, and which he thinks wa
mailed si N”W 0.l-ana, and directed
to Philadelphia—that he opened al
hose letters and exnninrd them, ami
found several pipers winch lie soppo
sed tubeilral $—hot no (link notes—
hat he wrapped the letters up and
put them in a pair of astldje bags
-vhicli he afterward- -ook in the Tom
liigliv river, having first li»tl a horse
shoe to them, Bird li id also in his pus
se.xi.it) two 20 doll -r hills of the N isli
vil e hank; winch lie could not satis
luctiirily arromil lor, (tut which i' iv
supposed he had taken also from the
mail,
A pirticulur description of the hills
found in posses ion uf Bid will h
transmitted to tie Post Master ill
Nitchrz as early as p -ssihle.
Miss Gazette.
F.X! F 0 Tl'lilN
Of the President of the. Bonk nf th
United States, to the Stockholders
(.(jomnnn il )
The Stockholders generally have
never had any view id Hie prngre-s ol
tile Bank submitted In llirm, Al Hie
triennial meeting in 1819 n was my
intention In have given iliem auch
view, | waa, however, advised that
it would be more expedient til reserve
Ihe communication'lor n committee
and my opinion wot cheerfully sur.
rendered. But as it ia my determine
riun in a lew rnonriis to quit the sta
lion with which you hove honoured ole
and as my silence on a former urra-
sion has kept you, aa well as the
public, iu a great measure ignor-tn
of the dilticuHius in winch 1 lountl
the Rink, sml has so 1 j- cteil the ad
ministration, nf which I have bern a
member, to censures which were uo-
lountl d, and which have lalleu in
many instances, from the lips of the
very persona who were the authortol
the errors and mismanagements, to
use no. harsher language, by which
this Inatiitninn was brought tn the
verge ol Bankruptcy and ruin, 1 will
now present to you a short view ol
Hie progress and preaent sta'c ol the
Unik, You will piobahly raise acorn
uiitheol inspection and investigation
and as far as any facts or circum
stances which I shall present, may be
deemed material, their noeuraiy oi
error ascertained.
The Institution commenced active
Banking operations about ihe 1st of
January 1817, ami in the course nl
that year established eighteen branches
being all that have been established.
One was projected at Augusta, but on
re-consideration was abandoned. The
Report of the'Committee of Congress,
made io December 1818, has made
you fully acquainted with so many of
ihe leading details oi the previous
management, and th" lapse of time
has made them an much lesa interest
ing than they woo d have been at an
earlier day, (hat I mean to do little
ware, io relation to the period which
preceded 1819, than preaent, the re.
•ulta a« they will be exhibited in the
state ol the Bank, win n I came into
it.
The Bank iinmi dnitely on Its com
mancement, diil a very extensive liu
“inesa, impartial vast sums ol specie,
paid ila notes and those of the oHlrea,
without reference to the places where
they were payable, at the Bank, anil
all (lie principil offices north of the
1’iitonnc, while lin y were under the
Charter, neoewmily received every
where in payiient of ilelils to lit,.'
Government ol tile United States ;
nil draft* were given without limit
on the Parent Dmk and northern Of
Reentry Ihe Wnlurn Officers, at inn
of at a premium merely nominal —
As soon rtiffa, notes of Hits aouthero
unit western Offices were paid or Co
nerved bv the Umk and northern Of
flees, which werejreturned to them and
re-issued in perpRual xucceisioo. An
accompanying exhibit wdl shew
Hie enormous amount of the notes nl
southern and western Offices which
became chargeable on Hie II ink ill
redly, and, iiRkreotly, through the
northern Offices. The result was that
the Bnik and the great northern Oi
flees wore drained ul iheir capital, anil
on the twentieth of July 1818, only
eighteen months after the institution
began il* operations, it was obliged In
commence a rapid uml hnavv curtail,
men! of the biiiiuess of the Bank ami
its Olliers. During all tliia time it
had the utlvao I agent immen-e govern
merits depusit*.
At the'moment these curtailments
were in demlJ-the government depot
-Ha in the Ba,|k and its B anehes.W
eluding the deposit* of public olficeia,
amounted to eight millions ul dollar-,
ami they havolbaen larger at precnl
iog period*, Curtailment* were order
i'll, Irom time to time, at tho louthern
and western nlfi.-es, to the amount til
seven luillinoa of dollars, and at the
Parent Hankj to Ihe amount of tw»
millions, though at tlni latter tltev
wei* m„de to the amount ul 3,GOO,000
(Iniinr*. and upward*, between the 30th
f July, IHIBi and the 1st of Apnl,
1819. No curtailment* were oulei
0 at the Ollier.* of New York ami
Boston, b-cauao there wus mi room
f r them, yet naceaaiiy oiliged them
<o reduce Iheir business very much.
I'he curtailment* a, all point* within
the above mentioned dates, being
iglrt mnntlii, were 6,531), 159 dollars
49 cent*. Yet alter these immense
mil rapid curtailments, the most sen
•ible and Vital point* (Pniludelphio
Now-York and B istnn) wore infinite
lyin worse condition than when tin:
remedy wa* deviled.
An accompanying exhibit will
show the distribution of capital at the
close of Hus period, Al that momrn
the discount line of the important 111
lice al lloatoo was only 293 584 37
els. And when in this wretouud stale,
he southern ami western circulation
<vas pouring in upon tllrse weak points
nml the Government at liberty, nc
cording to the practice of the lime,
to draw on ei'ber Ollice or thr
ll ink for ihe .gross ainouiH ul it*
I 'posits throughout the whole tat*.
ilishment, whether south, mirth, oust
ir west. The southern ami western
Offices were not restrained from isiu
g Iheir note* winch they diil most
pMiltisely, The curtailments in ina
tty inst.iiice* resulted merely in
amount ol gl.5GI.229 13, and makmu
change ul debts bearing inters*! lot
f ir.a duo liv local Bulks, on neither
which Inioieat was receiveil. The
wesiero Olliers curtailed Iheir ilia
ciitrnteil paper, but they purchased
what were called Uace Horse Bills.
oa g rater amount than Iheir cur
t.iHmrnts. Tne Bink ittelf continu
il during the whole period, to par
chase in.d collect dr ills tor the sooth
rli nod even western OITura, thnugl
almost tilt- whole active inpilnl nlrea
ly lay io Iheir quarters ol (Ire union,
and though Hie great object of the
curtailment, was to draw lunds from
tht-se points. The debt doe in K
ui ky and .(thin, instead nt being ri-du-
rd, was within tins peiiod artunlly
increased upwanls ol hull a million nl
dollars, An accompanying rxhibil [3]
will show that instead ol gat ing i,-
lie! irom the southern *ml western
Hicel genetally, where curtailments
listl been ordered, Ihe bank -vus still
tori her exhousted by the intervening
iperationa.
At the commencement of this ptwi-
nd, (a period commencing with Ihe nr
dgr lor curinilm- nts,, and ending
March 1819) (lie BsnpWaa indebted
to Biring, Hi others wOtr. Herd, Irv
ing & Go. Adam*, Rnoertson 8c Co.
ami Thomas Wilson dj" Go. Ihe sum
of gl 586,345 47 c.'s. growing princi
pally', il nut entirely, out of its tpecie
npejafioni. Of this sum the greater
part was paid during this period. It
had, however, contrarted new debts
with Baring, B others 8c Go and Tho
mat Wilson df Co. of which there re
mained due including any balance
which may have been due on ihe for
mer account*, the sum of 2876,648 ;
nd within the aime period it hid
disposed ol 22,270,92663 of its fund
ed d'bt, furnishing, hy these com
puund operations, ways ami means,
mtddiUoo toilt cuiuilmcot*, la lbs
... Ig
these curtailments, a reduction III Ihit
productive eapiial of the Bmk. with
in the period ol 8 months, of 8 mil
lions of dollars slid upwaids,
At tho close of this period th* ills
count* on personal security at Phila
'lelphia, had been to long the subject
ol curtailment, that hot a aimdl por
tion of them admitted of f.rther re
duction, and, alter great ofi ot*, a rule
had broil established in reduce lire dll,
count* which had been granted on the
stock of the Bitik at the rote of 8 per
cent every, 60 day*. Tliene latter
constituted Ihe Imllt of the dlspountod
paper, liml »b mu ,1| ,a reduulinii nlf ird
ed no material relict against » groat
and immediate demand. Even this
small ndseliim was the suoject oi
loud, angry, and tonsrant mmoosirao -
ees among the borrower*, who claim
-'d lire privilege* and the favors wldcli
they contended were duo to Slock
Holders, soil simivlimes succeeded in
communicating their sympathies lo
-lie Hoard. All t'|i lumled debt
which was saleable Imd been disposed
of,noil ihe proceeds exhausted. The
'lH'ci’e iii the v mils nt Hie close of the
day on the first ol April, 1819, wut
oiky 8I'26.74J 88 nml the Bank owed
loitlio Oily Hunk*, deducting balances
dih to it, an aggreg.te bal-uice ol
70,123 99.
Ii is true there were in the Mint,
4267 978 9 ct», and In transitu from
Kentucky end Ohio overland 2230,
000 ihut the Treasury dividends were
payable nn Hint day to the amount ol
near 2309,000, and there remained
at the close of the day inure than one
half of the autn subject to tltafl, and
the greater part even of the ntim
which li ,d been drawn during the day,
remained as charged upon the Bank to
the slmpe of temporary deposit* which
were ulino*t ionnrdia'ely withdrawn.
Accordingly, nn the I8ih nf the tame
intnilh, the Bmk had in its vaults ho
271,522 47, soil owed lo the Ciiy
ll.nks a balance uf 2196,418 66 cts;
rare-ding the specie in its vaull-
2124 893 19. It must be again re
marked, that it hud yet the sum be
fnrementinned in the Mint, Its well a-
iie sum in transitu Irum Ohio anil
Kentucky—this lust sum (2:50,000)
arrived very seasonably oil the tie*'
day or inlay or two tliert*ritr.-“-The
Bank in this situation, the ollice at
N. Yuik wan Iitli* better, and the ot
lieu al Boston a great deal worse. At
Hie Mine tiino the Bank owed to Ba
ling, Brothers 8c Go. nnd Tho*. Wil
son & Go, nearly 2906.000, which
was equivalent to likclmge upon its
vaults in that amount. It hud, inclu
ding the mite* of tile ulfinea, a eirpu-
alum ol 6 miliums of ilollsratu meet,
lo which was to bo added the de
manna id depositor*, public and pri
vale, at a time ion when the scarcity
uf iininey called fnrlh every dispose
hie il illar, and therefore created do '
mauds upon the Bank for an unuau d
p irtin.i of the urdinury deposit* am!
circulation. -
Tho sums which were collected tlai
ly on account of thy revenue in branch
paper, were drinanduble the next day.
in Philadelphia, and at the same lintr,
,u every nifice ol Hie e*tnlili*luhenl,
at the diacreiion of Hie nlticera of the
government. The revenue wa* prill
cip illy paid in Branch paper, a* well
at Boston and New York a* ol Phila
delphia, and while the d'liie* were
thus paid at one compter, in Branch
paper, (lie debeniurea, which amount-
d to one million uf dollar* every
three months, were demanded and
paid at the other, in specie nr it* e
qmvalant; money of the place. Mi-
v additional detail*, increasing thr
difficulties ot the moment ; might be
added. The muthern offices ware
remitting tardily, and Ihe Wesiero
not at all. All the reiourcea nl Ihe
Bank would not have sustained it in
this course and mode of business
another month ! ! Such w.a» the
prostrate grate of Ihe Hank ol the ns
tidn, which had only twenty-seven
months liclnre commenced buiinass
with an nntrammoiled active capital
of twenty-eight million* of dollar*.-.
But if would haye been fortunate
fur the Institution if Ihe danger had
ceased here, There alill remained in
-imiio of the trust* of 'he Bmk some
of the men who have contributed most
tn involve it in this state of tiling*.
As I must be brief, and the luhject is
very extensive, I will advert only to
the principal instance nf the mister
tones and profligacy to which 1 al
lude.
"LUM* ?<' IS-290 shares stock of
hfirinhk, 1’iiese men without tha
knowledge of Wither board, and *on-
trai'y to th* resolves and order* nf this
. nrttit Hank, took nut nf the office at
Hall!More, under the pretence of *a-
curing it by pledging the surplus va-
lue ttf,the nock, already pledged at
the Rreiu |J ,8k lor its par value and
a'hgr like aurplusaea over
winch the Bmk had no control, ilia
*um bf 1.310,000 dollars! Ihi* lorrtted
* pa Ft of tho sum before stated > to
llrvebeeadiacounled lav the President
and (.a-,ln.tr ol lire ufiire without au-
t nrrify. IV hen this s'upendous fraud
was diaOwcrid, attrmpis were inline-
;li 'ie4y ngde to otil.do secuilty, and
it wg* jAtaiiied nominally Hr the a-
‘goutf;, ljWt).ii itldollars. U ws* pro.
bs.dV'WO^vinMli JtlOAWO. For ihi* *
Hi*,-Blink is pnnCipaBy imiebied tea
the ginid ■namgem.-'it 0 I Messrs. Olt-
vec, Hutfiniavjf Xl'Kim, ol Baltimore,
wlio nore ut.ilw jim-j rueiaburs of tht
parent board, \
Tim ln*sf* *u*t*j»ed at the office at
Baltimore alone, fbftgrntt mi*- „f
which grew out of this fraud and wlh*
er» closely connected *j-i, n, ’
been rsHinated at the Itsmense sum
nf 1,672 231 doll* 87 cl*. The age
gcciiate ol tlir loaseaof the icainoliim,
growing out of the operation* uliic!>,t
pg-cetled the 6th March, 1819, at- \
Cecil considentbley 3 300,000 dol lilt,
I'lre dividends, dorlng-tho same time,
amount tn 4 410.000, Of this aud,
1,848,533 dollars 98 cent* were ri*
ceived as Ihe interest on the publfa
debt held hy the Bmk, which leav«|*
is-the entire prufita on all ihe opera-
• ionmf hanking, the sum of 3,061,441
dolls 2 cejits, which is.lest, by i%
least half » million of dullara, that*
Hie I is*c* sastaiued uu the lame buat* '
In the office at R.lilmore, nf which
James A. Buchanan waa President,
and J. W. M'Culloh, was Cashier,
there were yiear three million* of dol
lars discounted or ajrprnprialed, with
out any authority ; and without the
knowledge of Ihe board nf orifice, «r
that nf tne Parent Bank ! 3. Smith
and Buchynan, of which firm J. A-
B ifitnnaii was a member, James W.
M'Gulloh and (1,-ui'ge Williams, {Hie
latter a member of the Parent Board
by the appointment of the government)
had obtained ol the Parent Bank, di.-
c.ianta, in the regular and accua'omed i - ... .
manner to Uie autouot 81*957,700 Pcwc *
The «ni*«*r!^9 of )hii lilt* il»luhject whlcW
pcrlupi ot nil otlieiN must engag'ea our •{«
uuili.m | mi l for tin* plain reaiwn—thit
ihe UU tlinl fl.’sli it heir loire visible every
•QiHn«nt i null day pastes but wo are mt»w
•mil more cnpvinCeti, that in truth " thit
voiItiU a \vi|]cn\uii of woe. 1 ', blnce the
breaking thiujeommahd, the punishment t*t
'Vhiuh Wm —*iihe day thou eatesl thereof
•hou nhiili hurely die) 1 * we have teen sin,
lineaie Mini death, n constant attendant of
man. W*3 art horn toe 11 sea of trouble.”
Wo MiuU our fdhest prospects blastedL
»ur duarest etdnymehU iwept away i and
where but a short lime previous we beheld
health, happiness and prosperity, wenovr
we MCkncas, adverwy 4w*uk. 't he
fairest firm, the finest mind, the noblest
work-of Qrnl, all full uudor the curses of
mau k a first dbuhedienne i md to them it
niven an inheritance defiled and corrupted,
WluVio heart does tint blitfli, when casting
Ills eyt s around him, he beholds his felluvtr
oreatures subject tn so many evils t hit
neurest nnd duurest file ids, whose very cs»
istenne formi a part t f his, suHerinff untie#
msfol'tunes which no kindness of hit can
remove, or sympathy allevia e. Out all thit
ih npt unough. As tliouoh the curse wni
ii t sufficient, mini wkt lor evil, and it the
maker in a measure of h<s own misf-jrtunei.
VsIfjrMf ills would n3t sulKcr,msiiore*
ites fur liimielfhis daily troubles and vexa«
lions i ami so necesbary does it icemto our
existence, that we convert blcsing* into
ou res, pIciRiire Into pain, and continually
> irmeut ourselves by anticipating evils that
"*o never rcnlixc, and aro in fact our own
torment ora. So r stlcsa aro <mr disf osi*
lions, and so nn^orerned our minds, that
w* are ever picturing to ourselves misforv
tune* in emhryo t or busily engaged in turp«
ing our blcsnin^s into trunbleuall resulting*
from this spirit of restlessness anil want Or
proper thought. It is for lack of this wfe
pursue those things, or enter into thorn
connexions thut lead to trouble, shame an#
disgrace. This is the downfall of tlipu-
»unis. Notwithstanding mm is termed •
national being, a spirit of rationality serdnu
governs him-pmsion, pride, self-will, ava**
nco, undall the list of vices cither single op
ottfhgrcgatcd, occupy the place uf reason 3
•till she is expelled her th one ft Solitary
mourner. She weeps, she cries aloud in
1 lie streets 1 but her voice is itot heard)
«uid as though fit only to dwell in the caves
of the earth, or‘to inhabit the dreary wiU
lernesN, where the foot of man never trod#
1I10 is banished from his presence. Thit#
this i» tile fully aud madness of nun, even
from the beggur in tho street to the mo# *
naroli In bis gilded paluce. W,
lilKI),
In llilledyevillcfi 12th Inst. Mr. Samuel
fc. BrbvViV. v
In Lexington, George Marshall Moore, it|
lie Mih year of las age i sun ol'John Moore#
Ksq.
In Wdkbs county, 28th ult. Major Samuel
Wellborn, aged 6 i.
In Wilkes county# Uth ult. Mr. David
Butler.
POUT OP
armvkd.
Ship Cerea, Girdner, Boston, 11 day%
with sundries tt* G Tufts, J L Aiidemon, 4
Uthrop U co Johnsto\£# Hills, D Carney#
Jr 0 l aft/j W Long, UwrencehThorny
son, F. Cranef Jr. G 8 Manton, O Tcnny# B
lilts# O CO. W -Scarbrough, G Newhtll, M
Ri»le, P Hill ami G Collins. Pattcng^
il Tufts, 8sq. hdy and family, J L Ander*
d :rson and lady, H. Blair, C Johnson, I
K 'igtley, B Shaw, D*haw, G Brown, W
Wflie and three in the steerage. 8po*9
oothing.
AMUVAT.S THOM TWSMST.
At New York Bib in*, brifr Allred, Wity
nock. v
At Balt. 8th inst- sch Mary Ann, 1
ve raw TMt roar.
At Hir^f'wti 7ib is sunt, /