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f eroign capacity, us otw of the parlies to the J
io ui'tke »ofn« exj>lanatujii< in person, and 10 cm-1 The liberal prints assert that it was caused I not, therefore, agree with you, that 1 did in I made upon you 1 The witness in court is
’ * iiances ' any degree change my view of the subject in often misunderstood by lawyers and jury, c
: by the apprehension of serious disturbances jany dogreo change my '
•fimi'i voranrv nt' flu* three (lavs of the 1 pnnii tlni'inif ll imnrni»i«r
and
«■ to irivo to each great and load-1 Constitutional ’compact, may compel the Is-U wii.'ihun, baforuhe returns to the nonh. _ , , , 0
• | „ i. unite mid distinct voice, a* njovurnmeiit,'Created by that compact, to sub- The J**<lg*> h<u "xmnined the several aurvoy* of the on the anniversary ol the three ( a\s o t.it* j considering it i in propel ... ~. w - i . . • • . .
„„i „ qudion to,,,lung Lb ,nfr»,.,oM, to tl,, j nJ,, «!,!,* I Ratoon, and tl.qJw.ro of *l">King du-| t „ como beforo the public without th, oppor-j and to eXj.l_aln_hi.jno.nlngjuri you h_»v»
in any of the parties ! as often called upon to correct the mistake
A plan was then adopted better suited to our
situation, but perfectly novel m its cfii* racier.
The powers of the Government wore divided,
not ns heretofore, m ri ferenco to elnsscs, but
geographic illy. One Gonciul Ciovernment
was formed lor the wliob’, to which was d< h*.
gated nil tlie powers supposed to be necessa
ry to regulate the interest* common in ull of
tiie Status, lowing otlicn subjet t to tho sop*
urate control of the States, being from their
local and peculiar character, such, that they
could not he subject to th- will of the majori
ty of the whole Union without the certain
hnr.ftird of injustice and oppression. It. was
thus, that the interests of tho whole were
hebjorteil, as they ought to he, to the will ol
the whole, while the peculiar and local inter
ests were loll under the control of the States
separately,to whose custody only, they could
he safely confided. Tins distnbu:ion of pow
er, settled solemnly by a constitutional com
pact, to which all of tho States are partu s,
constitutes the peculiar character and excel*
Icrjcti of our political system. It is truly and
emphatically American, without example or
parallel.
To reulizc its perfection, we must view the
General Government and the Males as a
whole, each in its proper sphere, sovereign
and independent, each perfectly adapted to
thuir respective objects ; the Matos ucting
separately, representing and protecting the
local and peculiar interests ; tiding jointly,
through one Uonorul Governmont, with the
weight respectively assigned to each by the
Constitution, representing and protecting the
interest of the wliolo ; anil thus perfecting
mi ndiicrublo, hut simple uriaugoinent the
great principle of representation mid respon
sibility, without which no government can Is;
free or just. 'J’*> presurve this sacred distri
bution, ok originally settled, by coercing cadi
to move m *4-* prescribed orb, in tho great,
and difficult problem, on the solution of which
the duration of ourUorihtitution.of our Union,
and, in nil probability, our libeity depends.—
How is this to ho efiectud ?
'I'lie question im new, when applied to our
peculiar political organization, where the
separate and coiillicting interests of society
are represented by distinct, but connected
Gotoriiiiieuis ; but is in reality an old ques
tion mid* r n new form, long since perfectly
solved. Whenever separate and disuiniihir
interests have boon separately represented
in any Government ; whonever the sovereign
power has been divided in its exercise, the
experience and wisdom of ages have devised
but one mode, by which such political organ
ization can he preserved ; tho mode adopted
in England, mid by nil Government! ancient
and modern, blessed with Constitutions de
serving to he culled iVeti; t* give to each co-
estate the right to judge of its powers, with
it negative, or vuto on tho ucts ol the others,
in order to protect against encroachments,
tho interest it particularly represents ; a prin
ciple which all our Constitutions recognize
in the distribution of power among their res.
pective Departments, as essential to maintain
tho independence of eneli, hut which to all,
who will duly reflect on the subject, most up.
pear, far more essential for the some object,
in that groat and fund .mental distribution of
powers between the Stales and the General
Government. So essential is the principle
that to withhold tho r ght from either, where
the* sovereign pow* r is divided, is in fhet In
annul the division itself, ami to consolidal»•
in the one, left in the exclusive possession of
the right, all oft lie powers of the Government;
for it is not possible to distinguish, practi
cally, betwoon a Government having all pow
er, and tlio ou»* h iving the r gilt to tul.o
what power it pleases. Nor does it in the
least vary I ho principle, whether the distrihn-
1 r . ring that period, to have tho countenance ol j tunity of comparing our diiferent recollec- (gained little, in your desire, to bo accurate,
m *' su | Chambers of Deputies. Undoubted it tions. Bui if you feel under any obligations Iso far us I am concerned, by failing to pre*
V* 1 r,: -! spoms to be, that a large and daily increasing 0 f a personal or political character to come sent mo with your private memoranda; and
n- ,)iK.liburgt'ir ^ n France arc opposed to the line of 1 before tho public previously* you will find mo if now furnished I dare think that I might
parties, who created if ; to avoid the auppos- | ^,ho Hoard oiTuMic Work*. He ilnqi
.•il d.ngcre of winch, ii i» proponed iu r. »ort, ln4hin| , „ p ,
Ktil prop”' of rvlhi to°t!io UenoreTooverrM ^"th.Tn h « 'party in France are opposed to ll,e line of 1 before the public previooaly, you .
■rant the win and fit,I riiihl of i„„:rpretm.. 1 - 'h-1..,,i L... .J.pud . n , ( followed by Loeii I'lidlippn. He may aa ready ns yourself to meet any response put a diflcrent construction upon your own
the Ormstitiition, thereby ravening llu'wind" i J >"»• Hirer. HuntiimM ihu . su ,.,. u , u | for the moment in overawing ursnp-, bility or diiKcnlty which such a course mny ! notes.
ayaUim, making that instrument tfio creature i r ' ,ml f, " ,n A i® 1 ** "id. and 4'w' prcaing them, but hotroada on dangerous |%roduro. Up to thin dntc I have considered! Ajain: you arc incorrect in supposing; that
of'its will, instead of n rule of action ir.proa. j d««p [tho pr-aent i.«l,oui :)0,,nd J leei]—wul, luck.; ground. Hliultld the elections return a tin. mv correspondence with you and Mr. Bern- I informed you that the President m/ueal-
sod on it at its creation, uml tyriniliilatinif in noilargoribanthaprcfBnionaw inryb.tnaJeiaaper. ijority iu fitvor of tip; liberal party ho must en of a ciiaracter not to lie divulged to any jei/me to converse with you and your col-
fart tli— authority which iinpost'd it, oml from I mnnpni manner, mid wiili xo*>d manujimioni, for a s'im ! adopt a very different course of foreign puli*, one, and have therefore confined it to my | leagues. It was my own proposition; and
wjiicli the government itself derives ile txia- , »«-i Ti.tinj*the »<n **t is to iO.iXf)diillar*. II : pr«- cy to that which he has hitherto followed, j own bosom. The object of my first letter to j ill this you will find I am supported by Mr.
leticc. ) tin boauoiM ions burihcn ” and in any oydnt, if Poland falls, the French you was to declare frankly and candidly, in I Berrien. Nor did I ever say that your fiuni*
(To he continue J.) [ - j nation will demand of him a serious account the spirit of perfect respect and friendship, | lies hid not returned the cal! of Mrs. Eaton ;
The 'leatli* in Charlmio'i far the week etu
SATI'KDAV JldiniNti, \l HI ST !J0.
August I for his inaction in a cause which excites so that I win misunderstood, provided I wits the and thut if ilmy would leave the first curd,
14, were 7 while*, and 13 iiiack*. I strongly their sympathies. member of ('ogress to whom reference was and open a formal intercourse in that way,
I In Philadelphia for the wcuk ending August 6 h, 111, VVo'will not pay the French nation so bad mad", that you might have it in your power | the President would ho satisfied. Such an
To (JoHB^roMONT*,— 1 "Hin rt," in inadmissulne.
Anniiymows nCarkl* upon in individual nurmnl on any
geawn bo ailmi'tud into the c dinim* of iIhh p.qi'-r,
rmr communiomiona of any kin I, unlow convey*:*! in
language lenv olijncimnable limn dial ol Krulu*.
ml-
of which 78 «
children.
In Now York during lliosaino pnnod llctre were 166,
ofwli'iin 68 wore ol or under the age of olio year.
Wo pivn t>-day a pari of the Vice Proaident'i
drum. Then* i* miinh more of it, which pbtli.i|i* wo
may fiibliikh—Kuoo^h how«v t *r is given lo cup nin Iiin
opinion** on diu lending aubji.-cia of tho South Cunlina
doRiruna.
Tim opinion of Cliior JiM'iro M'Ki.an, rolVrrnd to
will ho found hi !Id r) 1 * Ii*'- ll'-pofi* 473, und wt»§ pr* •
noinirodin 1798—ll i* as fo lmvs : —
“Our syi-tem of government seem:! to m** to
differ, in foim ami spirit, from all other gov
ernments, tlmt have heretofore existed in
tin* world. It is ns to sumo particulars na
tional, m other * federal, and in all the resi
due territorial, or in districts called States.
The d' visions of power between the nation
al, fedor.il, and state gnvarntucn’H, (all deriv
ed from the H-iino source, the au'liority oft lie
people) must b,* collected from the constitu
tion of'lie Unitol States. Before il a is n-
dopted, the several Suites had absolute and
uuiiinit*'d sovereignty witlii th**ir respectivo
boundaries ; nil the (iowors, legislativ**, exec
utive, and judicial, excepting those granted
to (.’ongresrt under the old constitution.—
They now enjoy them all, excepting siieli as
are grinted to the government of the United
States by the present instrnui'Mit and th r * n-
dopted amendincntH, win Ii nr** for particnlai
purposes only. The government of the Uni
ted States forms n part of the government of
ench State ; its jurisdicfiou extends to th<*
providing for the common defence ugainst ex
terior injuries and violence,tho regulation of
commerce, and other matters specially enu
merated in the constitution ; all oilier powers
remain in tho individual stales, comprehend
ing the interior and other concerns ; these
combined, form one completo government.
Shell'd there he any defect, iu this form of
government, or any collision occur, it cannot
In* remedied by tic* sole net of the Congress,
or ofn State , the people must, he resorted
to, for enlargement or modificii.ion. If a
Slute shou-il differ with t he United States it-
hout the construction of them, there is u*>
common umpire hut the people, who should
adjust t he iiflVir by making amendments in
t lib constitutional w »y, or suffer from the de
fect In such a cas** the constitution of the
United Slot • s is federal; it is a league "r trea
ty made by the individual States, ns one par
ly, and nil 1 lie States, as another party.—
When two nations differ about the meaning
of any clause, sentence, or word in a treaty,
neither Inis an exclusive right to decide it ;
they endeavour to adjust the matter by nego-
ciatinn, hut if it cannot he thus accomplished,
ouch has a right to retain its own interpret
Wc lenrn from ili.i Hoiiun Pal riot, tliat i ho Stoop of
Wnr Peacock, now lying ill iho navy yard, Cliarlc**-
town, ih or ten d *o In- fitted oul iininc tiately, destined
|ir>.b itily, for ilir K.isl In Ii'!*, in c iiiv‘<|iii:nc' o' *ti". at
tack l»y ih<: Mnlayn upon tho chip Knendiiliip, ofSalmn.
Ii if * .nl licit th" Sloop ot War F.urfiold, i® .also aboui
lo hr: titled out for tho same purpose.
a compliment us to suppose tlmt
Tin. Spiukoh.—Or
Saratoga S* niintd, do
m> numerous no «<• on
a* al die pri's.'iit tunc
n» foriii'-r ocr imon
0 ronioiotipr io havu
I'atfc ofgtn
'i'lio irrivals
liman u
I'pdmi* on Sunday evening are
ceded 1200, and *i*e numli-r of visit ants
imirnini’ o tlii* villngn was Niippo^eil 'o l<o on
360*). Kvcry house i* till"! t«» ov:r||owiii|f. ;
every l<*(lgiu(' rmin, pulilic uud private, in the
the move-J to correct your misapprehension of my com- idea never enter d my mind ; for I nover
inents of tho sUipid Bourbons, or their infittii-1 munientions. did know the precise manner in which tho
ated followers, deserve soriotM consideration. | I did not see how it could impeach ynur social non-intercourse existed between your
A private letter from Brussels, of July 4tli character or lessen your reputation to consid-, families, whether cards had ever passed from
detailing the proceedings m the Belgian Con-{er and acknowledge it a mistake, wthout either or not; and sure I arn, that the Presi-
grcr>s has the following postscript of Ju<y 5th. your assumption of the ground that you un- dent and mvsoll never had any conversation
Tuesday Morning, 10 o'clock. ! derstood mo better than l understood myself, on the subject. From first to last my elfor's
I have just learned that tho majority is j and that you could make tin* public b'-iicve Wore put forth to reconcile the parties con-
likely tQ he 115 nr JIO. A meeting of the i ho. My standard of confidence and friend-! cerned ; they wore for the time being suc-
frii-nds of the measure took place last evening ship, arising from a personal and political in- 1 cessful. I have never claimed any merit for
j ut Barra Coppvn. Wo have no news yet ! tit,may of twenty yours, would have dictated what I did : I felt happy, however, that I was
from Liuge or Ghent. The greatest anxiety i tlmt course to me. Such a course could j in any way instrumental in prolonging the
prevafln. | have been injurious to none, and loss trouble- political relations which have since been
Calais. July 2.—This town is at this mo- i » 0 all. But. so far as I am concerned, I feel I severed, in which I have had no agency, and
niiMit iu the greatest confusion, uud nothing j perfectly willing to take the course adopted i which I dee ly rogreted. Having thus acted,
" r * 4 "‘‘ 0 t”"' -1 j tor the lust two hours h»s b *eii heard but the by yourself, of |flar.ng our views before the to my great mortification I find myself
’siis <ltir.ni* tho week (Irutii8 heating to arms, the word ol cr
l»u*e ex
■ay* llu-
ferdny
l« ill III
••<1.
TbeoiTcmnny o r lir.'nkii*2 ermiiul I' r llje SaMtozi
and S'dicnerlirly R nl lloni wil prot' ib ; y tul.u place
next week intlii* villujj'i.
The. whole nifi'niiit i'.oll"Cie<l id lliwi in, in helinlf ot
• •nfl'erurs by the laic fire a' F iyeUcvilic, wu $10,-
840 87.
Srr.tM BiiaM —The whom nnmhur of persons UUte.l
and vvotin led by die bowling of the bui>ers of Kle in*
Ron!*, th 'ho United States, is xtateil in tho last number
••IKdii rnun's Journal, tu bo us folio''s•
, kil oil. \voni"l**(l.
High Pressure, 74 II
Low P r<*imm, 96 29
Character of Li'itiiics not specified,85 til
251
104
OlloIF.RA MoHliu*.—A Uoyrtl Pr i lnma'ionhus been
issued nt London, for estublmliing n Honr>l of lloahh ,
and for enforcing the ohserviince of a stric qiiaraicitn*
bv nil vc"Rclfl comiiiit from the llaliic. Sir liF-M*r
Hai foiii) i- Prexid.’iit ot the H •aril.
tiou *d’power he hetweon co cstiiteu, as in
Tho quantity of Coal received hv the Delaware
Hudson C-unt for tin* year etidmy Ju v 30 h, nppearN
I*v tin* Collector's statement published in New York, to
have boon 21,440 tons.
ommoiid ' pulilic. 1 do not, how«'ver, think that it will j dragged before the public to vindicate myself
from the military oflicers.or the exulting he much Ik*in*tilted l*v our labours ; and I am ! against sentiments and conversations irnpu-
shouts of the populace from every quarter.-- farther induced to believe that the public will ted lo me by a purl of those friends, without
The case of tliis tumult, it app«*ars, is, the place a less value upon the controversy than tho opportunity of explaining to them their
general discontent of the working classes at you do. In denying the confident! *1 churac- misapprehension of what I did say.
tli*; present extraordinary high pr.ee of corn, i t**r of our conversat nos, you urge, as one Without adverting to any farther innmrni-
wliioli they attribute priucip illy to the mono- consid *ra'ion, that the intimation to invite : cies of your letter and stn’einent, I have the
poly of a f .w rich merchants .n this town and : Major Eaton anil his family to your large honorto be,very respectfully, your oh’t serv’t.
n*‘ighhorhood.
parties was nfleusivt*, although you are hind I
Tho following i«< Prince Leopold’s letter; enough to believe tlmt l did not so intend it? Hon Samuel D. Lvokam.
excepting the Sovereignty. If the n ilure of the sug/estion cli*nged in
Prinrr L' lpoiVn L iter to the Ril'iian Deputies. | your mind tli*.* character of the conversation,
“ Gentlemen—l enter'am a deep sense of ■ and the relation-of tint p**rf«*ct friendship
the wish of which the Belgic Congress has | which had so long existed, would it not Imve
made you-the interpreters. j hern magnanimous and generous in you to
“ Tli s murk of confi.lenco i>* to me the have nd.vt<***i me of it J 1 now come to the '
more flattering that it was not sought fur on material point in controversy—whether Gen.
my port. Jackson, through m**, required of yuu to in*
“ Human destinies do not present it more j vite Maj. Eaton and Ins fa nily t*> your large
noble and more useful task tlian that of being > parties. This suggestion was made upon
called to maintain the independence and con- | my own responsibility, with an anxious desire
solidut • the liberties of a nation. A m*ssi«m more eUVtuuily to reconcile the then exist-
of such high importance can atone determine ; ing difficulties. But G n. Jackson never did
me to ah.tmhm an iudepeudent position, and I m *kn such a requisition, in any manner
It'll M. JOHNSON.
«fTfl.l fr*n
EIGIir D \YK LATE It.
By tho pnck**i h'»i|»x M.mahoH'or tivi s 1
Ltvi:r|»«»''l at Nuw Y"rk, ncc "intx Ii *vis ti
bv tl*. furmert • July 1st, and l y ilm l*»it•**
a. il L mil**" *o tin* 7lh. We are inib-lited !•« *’ir (Vni-
nvr and MAqulror, and Journal of Cunuuerco for the
to the 8ih,
!‘.>|i"\'ttig.
pttrate myselflrom a country to which I
have h*!t*n attached by lies and recollections
the most sacred, and which has given in** so
many proofs of its benevolence &. sympathy.
“I, accept then. Gentlemen!, the oiler
which yon make mo, it being understood that
it will belong to the Congress of the Natio
nal Representative to adopt the measures
which can alone constitute the New State,
anti thus secure for it the rrcogirtiou of the
European Powers. It is thus that tho Con
gress will give me tho power of devoting
myself entirely to Belgium, and of c> msec ra
ting to its wo I being and prosperity tho rela
tions which I have formed in countries whose
friendship is essential to it, and to secure it,
us much as depends upon my o '-operation, an
independent and happy existence.
“Jurte'JB, 1831.”
():i the su joct of our claims on Fran r.
the London Courier contains the following
The report* "f th** ojtislwu'.- "f (he Cholera ut Hnm-
hura.anilofthu burning of Aimvorp :ir,!c utr.idicied.
After a debate of throe days duration, car
ried on with unusual voli'Miienc** and a great
display of talent • the Reform Bill passed tin*
House of Commons on th<! (Ith July, on ilp
lion, until n refonuice bo had to tho meuuition 1 8 **cond rending, hy a m ijority of 13d,— there
of other nations, un arbitral ion, or the late of | heinir 3d7 votes iit its favor and 231 against
war. There is no provision in the constitii-
F.nglaml, or between distinctly organized,but
connected Governments, as with us. The
reason is the Bnmo ir. ImtU cuaos, while tlu*
necessity is greater ill our case, as he dan
ger of it conflict is greater, where tho inter
ests of a society are divided geographical-
ly, than in any other, us has already boon
shewn.
These truths tlo seem to me *o he incon
trovertible ; and I am ntnlo**s to undent and
how any one, who has maturely r* fleeted on
the nature of our institutions, or who has
ready history, or studied tho principles of
free Governments to any purpose, can cal I
them in question. The oxplunlion ninst.it
appears to me, he sought in tin* fact, that in
ev* ry free Stale, there are those who look
more t*> the necessity of maintaining power,
than guarding against its abuses. I do Hot
intend reproach, hut simply to state a fact,
apparently necessary, to explain the contra
riety of opinions among the intelligent,where
tlie abstract consideration of the subject
would hO'*m scarcely to admit of doubt. If
such he the true cause, I must think the fear
of weakening the Government ton natch in
this case «*» ho in a great measure unfounded,
or, at least, that the grejit danger is much less
from tliut, than the opposite side. I da not
deny that a power, of so high a nature, may
he abused by a Stale ; but, when 1 relied that
the States unanimously called the General
Governmont into existence with all ot its pow-
ors, which they freely surrendered on their
part, under the convii tion that their common
peace, safety ami pros; crity requin d it; that
they are hound together hy a common origin,
and the recollection ut • oiniuon suflering and
common triumph in the great and splendid
achievement of their independence ; and that
the strongest feelings of our nature, and
among them, the love of national power and
distinction, are on the side of the Union ; it
does acom to me, that the fear, which would
strip th** states of their sovereignty, and de
grade them, in fact, to mere dependent cor-
point ions,lest they should abuse a right indis-
pensablo to the peaceable protection of those
interests, which they reserved under thuir
own peculiar guardianship,when they created
the General Government, is unnatural and
unreasonable. If those who voluntarily crea
ted the system, cannot be trusted to prose-
servo it, what power can !
So .(hr from extreme danger, I hold, that
there never was a free state, in which this
great conservative principle, indispensible in
all, was over so safely lodge*!. In others,
when the co-estates, representing the dissim
ilar and connecting interest of the comnmni
ty came into contact,the only alternative was
compromise, submission, or force Not so
iu ours. Should the General Governmont,
and a slate come into conflict, vve have a
higer remedy ; the power which called the
General Government into existence, which
gave it all of its authority, and can enlarge,
eoutract, or abolish its powers at its pleasure
may be invoked. The Mates themselves may
be appealed to, three fourths of which, in fuct,
form a power, whoso decress are the Con
stitution itself, and whose voice enn silence
ull discontent. The utmost extent then of
■the oowor is, that a State acting in its sov
tiou, thut ill such a case the Judges of ti e
Supreme Court of tlie United Mates .slyill con
trol ami he conclusive : neither can tlie Con
gress by n law confer tlmt power. # There ap
pears to be a defect in this matter, it iu «
casus omissus, which ought in sum** wav to
he remedied. Perhaps the Vice President
and Senate oftho United Mates; or commis
sioners appointed, say one by each State,
wotdil lit* a more proper tribunal than tin* Su
preme Court. Be that as it may, I rather
think the remedy mint he found in an amend
ment of the constitution.
It would sown 8y 'll*) lnll'"ving nrtirV from llin It "Ii
niond Cnmpitcr - I Align*' 12th, du* *L»- Virgmiunx ic
mil I] ilc 8" Hail ll'iiul nnul us urn sonm o* llu ir ilri^li-
liiiurs. Tin* preferi'W* ffivm to Onnuls in tlir vall«*y "I
ih«* JatucB Itivor, ov'-n alan cstiinaUnt expenso "118
-0,000 dollar* per mite, spe k- in a g,- not lo
misuiiJersiootl. It will tie sei'ii dial Judcu VVimaif'.
it. Tho Bill was to hi; considered in Com-
nitteo en the following Tii' , s*lay, 'll" 12th.
Some alterations had b**on proposed hy min
isters in the details oftho Bill,—the most im
portant of which hey retracted, public opin
ion and tie-liberal part of the press having
expressed decided disapprobation of them.—
The amendment contemplated was. that per
sons who paid rent more frequently than eve
ry half your should not lie allowed to vote.
The Ordnance, Army and Navy estimate
h**1 been introduced in tho II use of Com
mons, and it is worthy of remark, that their
amount does not. exceed that of the peace es
tablishment. On the side vt of 1 ho squadron
fitting out at Portsmouth under Adtivra! Cod-
paragraph:—•
American Claim*on France Adjusted,—
Our readers will recollect that under Napo
leon’s rediculmis Berlin and Milan D *er<“*s.
several vim aids,the property of subjects of th*
United Elates, were seized by tlie French,
and burnt, or comlenne*! as prizes, between
the years 180(1 mid 1812. For these ou’.ru
gi»8 the Am rican Government, through Mr.
Warden, its Coutisul General in France, de
manded reparation of the French Govern
ment, hut, notwithstanding tho energetic per
severance of Mr. Warden, Napoleon protrac
t'd th*.* negociation until Ins own downfall
The application was renewed on the access-
ion of Louis XVIII. nnd continued to he
pressed on the Government of Charles X.,
and again renewed under tlmt of Louis Phil
ippe. This long pending nego' iation Ims a
length been brought to a close. Th French
Government has agreed to pay as an indent u
ty to t he Huhj.'cts of the United States, for
their ls«s of property above mentioned, 25,-
(Kll)O.OftO francos,exactly one m lliori sterling,
original sum claimed was 60,000,OtKI
whatever, directly or indirectly; nor did [
ever intimidate to you tint he had made such
a demand. The complaint made hy General
Jackson ng inst this part of his cabinet was
specific, that lie had been informed, and was
induced to believe, that they wore using their
influence to have Maj. Eaton and nis family
excluded from all respectable circles, for the
purpose of degrading him, and thus drive him
from office; and that the attempt had been
made even upon the foreign ministers, ami
in on,! case had produced the desired effect,
llu proposed no mode nf accommodation or
satisfaction, hut declared expressly that if
such was the fact In* would dismiss them
from office. He then read lo me a paper
containing the principles upon which lie tn-
t- uded to act, which disclaimed the right to
nterfere with the social relations of his cabi
net. Acting in th*! capacity of a mutual
ft lend, and obeying the impulse of my own
mind, can it be supposed that I would have
From the Washington Globe.
OFFICIAL.—FROM T E NAVY DEPARTMENT.
Fx tract of a Idler from Lieut .Tost mi Tat -
NAM., commanding the V. States sohnnn r
Vrampns, In the Secretary of the Navy,
dated Pensacola Day, 2Oth July, 1831.
“ Finding that I could he of no service to
our commercial interests hy remaining lon
ger at St. Cruz, I ben* up to St. Burts, and
ran through the Windward Islands, tonchiucr
successively ut St. Barts, St. ftitts, Montser
rat nnd Martinique. Oil'Tabu, { fell in with
nn English sloop from Tortola to St. Kitts,
dismasted ; and finding that she had impor
tant despa'ches for the Governor of St. Kitts,
and that, there was no prospect of her reach
ing that Island. 1 took charge of them at the
request of her Captain, and conveyed them
to tliejr destination ; deeming it a favourable
opportunity of complying with that part of
your instructions enjoining on me the culti
vation of friendly feelings with all foreign au
thorities.
“ I found every thing quiet at Martin’quc*.
The insurrectionary spirit among the slaves
h id been quelled, and our Consul, apprehen
ding no danger to our commercial inter*!:,ta
from that or any other cause, I remained but
a week at the Isln d 1 there saw residents
from all the English windward Islands whose
slave population had been in a d sorganized
state, and having perfectly satisfied myself
that order was restored,and that mv presence
there was not required, I made all linsto to
*»stinm'n is f r u c 'nut 50 tu t iviilu nml
Our Ogccchl’O ChiihI is 3.1 fuoi at hbli.i
Migton, Sir James Graham, one* of the Lordsl francs i) 1.41)0,0'JOslerlin,
oftho Admiralty, declared in the House that
it liud no In lligerent object in view, and in re
lation to tlie lure of transports hy thegovern-
" r I meat, which had created so milch speculation
j m London, it appears that they ,r * intended
for. saint rv purposes. The prospect of a
i net <1.t*|i.— I joint interference of England and France
iiitpihi f the affairs of Folund, seems thus io have
Tlio c-nt.miaticn ot tirely vanished, nn i judging from the observa-
uxifrr nm! a water line of 48 led. ....... . .. ,
ihi,Gnnal ioiltfA main.[„ oi> Hit ,«•*• bv i tiona occasimml'ly plinli’d in iMmte from I'm
Mr. C HUOI»in IMS, c,.m|.r„,»8.. ,li i«„n.,.r74mte, “ i * 1 :al,mcl ’ w «
ih al’iniali'.l tivh ut of S8C1 0"O, w, «* t'.nt, l'0,V0V"r (hey ,,my nun .0 'I'trcl.tlm
course ol events in Europe by negociation,
less linn J9,000 pur mile, including l»ck<, hriil r ’"8, feest-
ors, &e.—Our advantages hero urn fr"*n die n uurc u!
the hoi’, as will appear hy 'he full"Wing u\'racl t'roni Mr.
Uhuokr’s Ueport—“The snil through whi' li the Canal
will pass is inv.mal ly sand, with a ct uj bottom. Th"
clav is a* unequal df lane s from (lie surfaeu. nl places
7 or 8 feel below il, al others ii shows itself on tins Mir-
fnee, bill 18 gfluerally mol with 3 feel below it,” We
make this avraci for ho purpose f correcting nn e»ro-
nemis impression that our sandy soil h nnsuiled for
canals, but upon cxp> rimeni it is found to bo the very
best for the purpose. These, remarks are intended in
-how that however Rail Road' niny !>.• preferable m
<<imr plares, that Cana's are equally 8" in others, and
hat until exainina'iona In- mado by skilfii 1 Engineer-*,
it is pre-judging llle c ise to assert that Rail Roads arc
tho most propt r.
A very serious difficulty ha* alrea dy presumed itself
in relation to tho Rail Roads now coii-truding in our
couirrv ; it is lliut nothing whatever can bo transported
upon them but by means of the Company's cars, so lliat
in fact it prove* a monopoly of a most objectionable kind.
Every spreios of merchandise or produce, must there*
fore be unladen from tho beau which navigate tlie
stream*, before they can be forwarded by the re .d; ilm
owner* are for a lime divested of 'heir property, and must
allow it in he placed m possession of ihe Company’s
agon's. Such a course would produce serious evil# iu
(■•eorgia. Canals on the contrary when intersected by
tho navigable streams, may reecivo the b-Ats of individ
ual^ already loaded, and continue under ihe direcib u
and control of their owners, without any oftho delays,
expenses and embarrassments resulting from a change
in the mode of transportal ion, or the thousand ditikul-
thorn is n determination un their part to a-
void a recourse to arms.
from the National InU'b ■:< -irtr.
Dine Spring, 2d August. 1831.
Messrs. Gales A. Seaton : After having
finished the within letter, I discovered in
your paper of the 23d tilt, that Mr. Ingham
had published his letter to me, as well as his
statement. You will please, therefore, to
publish tliis letter as my reply, and oblige
your ub’t servant.
R'll. M. JOHNSON.
Dine Spring, July 31, 1831
Dear Sir Yours of the Ifiih instant was
tlvs day received, accompanied hy a state-
It is particularly in relation to the nftuirs of ment, which, it seems, you have prepared
Belgium, that the news by these arrivals is ; for tlie Public,purporting to contain separate
interesting. We have tho acceptance of the \ conversations, with the President and myself,
pro tiered throne by Prince Leonid and the j relative to an allegation made in the public
conditions on which this acceptance is given, j journals, that General Jackson had autho-
we have the debates in the Belgian Congress j rized a Member of Congress fo require of
on this important puqjuet, though not definite- Messrs. Berrien, Branch, nnd yourself, uni
lv closed ; ut the (late of our Inst accounts | your fannies, to associate with Major Eaton,
froln Brussels, the latest London paper in our i ;uid his family, under tho pena'ty of bo ng
possession of tho 7lli, contains a correspon- dismissed front office. You refer to two ar-
(leuce. which states that the result would he, j tides in tlu* Globe to justify your appeal to
to th>
a fP.m'l majority in favor of accedinj
conditions of Leopold,
In regard lo the state of F land and the
struggles of its sons for independence, our
wishes are not gratified hy any advantages
gained hy them, at least not hy any which
may bo considered authentic. The capture
of Bobruysck, would certainly be highly im-
portuntjml it does not come from an official
source and no great reliance seems to have
been placed on it in London, ll is painful to
observe that dissentions to some extent ex
ist in Warsaw ami that the conduct of the
gallant Skryznecki is oven impeached. Can
it be possible that a nation who lias suffered
feat ill** obj"ct I had in view? I should
have considered i* a gross violation of tin*
Pcs of that fr midship which then existed
ctween us, to have carried io you such n
message, as that you tdiould invite Maj. Ea
ton and his family, or anv other persons, to
your large or small parties, under a menace
of dismissal from office. When the Prepi-
d'*nt mentioned this charge of conspiracy, I
vindicated you against it. It gave it. ns my
opinion that lie was misinformed. To pre
vent a rupture, I requested the President to
postpone calling upon those members of his
cabinet till Saturday, that 1 might have the
opportunity of two days to converse with
them.
When I made n\y report to the President,
I informed him that I was confirmed iu my
opinion previously expressed, that he Imd
h'-en misinformed us to the combination an* 1
conspiracy. I informed him of your une
quivocal and positive denial oftho fact, and
coinmnnicatL*! every thing whihli transpired
between us calculated to satisfy l.is nnnd on
the subject. It was this report of mine that
gave him satisfaction, and changed his feel
ings and determination, not his ground as
you have supposed; with me he had no
ground to change. He had assumed none
except tlmt winch 1 have stated : nor did
1 ever make use of such an expres.-ion to you
that he had cli aged his ground. It is tru<
that I informed you that the president was
very min h excited, I do not now recollect tin
precise language used to convey my idea
of that excitement. I presume you had
the advantage of your private memoranda,
when you say I compared him lo u roaring
Lion.
Yen attribute co nm another declaration
which I never made—'Imt on our way to Mr.
Berrien’s I stated that the President Imd in
formed nm that he would invite Mr. Branch,
Mr. Berrien, and yourself, to meet lorn on
tlu* next Friday, when In* would inform you
of his determination in ihe presence of Dr
Ely. I never received or cornnunicated such
an idea.
The Paragraph is substantially correct
when lliut part in reference to Dr.’Ely is ex
punged.
It is true, iu some of our various conver
sions, the name of Dr. Ely was mentioned,
but i:i connection with another part of the
subject. The President informed me that
when the rumours against Maj Eaton nnd Ids
family had been opened to him by Doctor
El£, lie had invited the accusers to make
good tlmir charges, and that they had failed—
tiiis is the substance of that part of our con-
1 should find in n very unsettled condition. I
touched first at Pampaton, in llu* Island of
Mnrgire'ta, and ill succession nt La Guira,
Porto Cnhollo, Curazoa, St Martha, nnd Car-
thagona. In Venezuela every thing was qui
et, with the exception of a small party in Ca-
mana under Mnuagers, in arms against the
xisting Government. An attempted insur
rection of tlm slaves in the city of Cnraccns,
a few days before our arrival nt LnGmrn.lmil
been promptly quelled, and the ringleader ex
ecuted. Venezuela st ll remained separate
from the Government of Bogota, but neither
party appeared disposed to appeal to arms for
an adjustment of their differences. At St.
Martha and Carthngcna things were also qui
et.
The chiefs nnd pr ncrpal officers of the Bo
livian faction Imd been, banished, and it ap
peared to be the general opinion, that the do
minant party would he able to sustain itself.
The American Consuls, in all tlie ports I
touched nt on th*! Main, g ve me tho assu
rance, 'That the treaties with our country
hud been strictly adhered to, and our com
mercial rights respected ly the different par
ties which Imd successively administered the
Government; and that since the downfall of
the Bolivian party, the feelings towards our
country had become even more friendly than
tormely.”
“ On leaving the Main, 1 touched at Ja-
mnica, nnd returned to tyis port along the
south side of Cuba. My crew arc perfectly
healthy, and we have lost but one man during
the cruise; William Stewart, (curpenterw
mate.)”
crisis mar the noble cause in ivh'cli it is en
gaged hy internal discord, against which
each page of its own history holds out a
warning so impressive?
The on dits which reached us by tho way
of Havre, of a change in tlie French Ministry
and of the march o' a French army on Bcl-
. , .. . . I gium are not confirmed, but the Chambers
c,, c ,',o,,. 11 d a,l, M ,,,|* reconvoUed t# mcut „„ t !» !»d July, ta.
nectsurily tUenJant u|*>uRail Road*. Tins evil ad ^end of 9th August as was at first intended,
dresses itself immediately to the interests and conveni- 'pj l0 m i n isteaittl prints attriblte this change
cnees of our farmeis, and Jcuwuds tlair ssrious eun'i- to the circumstance tlmt the Itw enacting tlie
contribution indirectes expiles on the 31st
deration.
f\om the Richmond Compiler.
“We understand, that Judge Wriuht h.is made up
I,i. lltK", Mb, submittedtoth* Oov. time, lie »isb-! llimogh a ucw law lor the ir rontiiiuance
the public, previously to receiving my an
swer, in which it appeared that 1 had denied
the above allegation, if it Imd any allusion to
me. After tlm publication of this accusation
against General Jackson, I received a letter
from a friend, intimating that l was the mem
ber of Congress to whom allus on was mado,
and requested to know if I hud ever made
such n communication. In my answer, I
’confined myself to tho specific accusation r „.. w . w „, „„„
thus publicly made against th** President, j vernation in which Doctor Ely’s name was
and which Mb attributed to yourself, and most [ mentioned. Again, you say I called at your
unequivocally denied that General Jackson i house about 0 o’clock, when we walked to
over made such a requisition through me, j Mr. Berrien’s. The fact is that yon called
and as positively denied having ever mad*! for meat my lodgings about that time, by a
so seriously as Poland, should at (his trying j such a statement to you. On the contrary, I previous appointmi nt. This is a mistake
i- — 1 ’ [ asserted, and now repeat, I did inform you, | in a matter of fact of no great importance,
in each uml every interwiew, that tlie Prcsi- i except to show how easily we forget. If we
dent disclaimed any right or intention to in-1 thus differ in matters of fact, how much more
terfero in any manner whatever with the liable to differ as to words; and still more us
regu'ntio.i of your private or social inter- to the time, manner, and circumstances in
course. J which these words have been introduced,
Thus, in a matter in which I was engaged j and still more as to the precise ineanin** the
to serve you and other friends, in u matter of I speaker wishes to convey to the hearer !
a delicate and highly confidential nature, ami 1 Having thought it important to memorun-
in which I succeeded, unexpectedly I found j dum our conversation, would it not have
myself presented in the public journals as a given additional proof of your friendship and
witness impeaching one of those friends, and confidence, and would it not have been an act
ascribing to him declarations which lie never f of justice tome, to have furnished me with it
made ; ami placed in that attitude by you,! (so faras I was concerned.) thut I might have
self-respect and self-defence called upon me I corrected, if necessary, any erroneous im-
to correct that erroneous statement. I can- j pressions which my conversations may have
August, and that there would lot be sufficient
time between the 9tli and tint day, to cnrrv
THE WEATHER.
Gale at the Eastward.—The Barnsta
ble (Mass) Journal oftho 4th inst. says,—
At twelve o’clock yesterday wc had a brisk
gale from the South East, at 1 o’clock it sud
denly changed to the N. W. and blew with
great violence fur about 30 minutes. At. Yar
mouth, Dennis, Brews'er and Orleans, tho
salt works suffered severely. At south Den
nis a house was blown down, and sever: 1
barns completely destroye^sevcral of lie
vessels at anchor in the river were likewise
injured.
Comparing the above with the following
from a correspondent of the New Bedford
Mercury, it appears that the gale must havo
extended some 50 or (10 miles nt least in
cluding the whole breadth of the Vineyard
Sound.
Edoartown, Aug. 3.
We were this day visited hy one of tho
most tremendous gusts of wind ever experi
enced since the memory of man. The wind
commenced nt S. S. E. and veered to the W.
It blew oil the roof of one dwelling house and
overthrew several chimnies—one breaking
through the roof of the house. The Salt
works of Chnbnquidick Point were much in
jured ;—many windows wore blown in and
other damage. The wind itsdlf occasioned
more injury tlmn the gale of Hept. 1815, and
had the tide been high, the damage would
havo been very great.
New York,-
ii!sri*pr(*HRnt.f*1 nnv of ihe parties, nnd thus I f he Spanish Main, which 1 whs led to think p
The wind set it from the
eastward on Saturday evening and has con
tinued to blow from that quarter ever since.
Yesterday morning it increased to a mile,
varying from north-east to cast, attended
during the afternoon and evening with very
act heavy rain. Several vessels from Europe
succeeded in reaching port before the gple
reached its height. Several packets are no
doubt now on the coast, waiting an opportu
nity to run in. They ore anxiously looked*