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FREDERICK S. FELL.
city rni.vrEa.
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AJI News, and New y Advertisements ap
pear in both papers. '
0?* Offici! in Dickson's, thyao story
liribk building' on tlio Bay, near the Ex
changes between Bull and Drnylon-strocts.
RAVAMA.”!.
FRIDAY EVENING, Jolt 10.
, Chloride of Lime.—\Ve da not believe
that die utility qf this chemical preparation
is so generally known amougst its ns to
tptead its benefits over our lyliolb city". It
is an excellent purifier of places charged:
with* foul air, the miasma arising- from
..sinks, gutters, sowers, &}c. fire, is readily
dneompiued and the bad stnkll drivdfoff.
The method adopted by oitr Board of rRq heavy in
*rteahh, to rorient tile air in sinks, we are' on itj and os
told, i», to admix avd gallons water with
two pounds uf this chi-micnl—-thus spread
ing Over a large surface, at once gaining
effect. Tbc exponco js mi mote than that
of a bottle Cologne—yet the benefit -far
more substantial.
Col. Daniel II. Itrailsford, of M’lntosh
'county, declines being a candidate; for the
.Iiouso ofReprosentativcs of the U. States
to fill Mr. Gilmer's vacancy.
, Liverpool Consulate.—The New York
Commercial of (lie 1st Inst, states that Mr.
Francis 11. Ogden sailed that morning in
the ship Cauada, to supersede Mr. Maury
In the Consulate of Liverpool.
A.letter to" tiie.editqrs of -the Baiffmorc
A nnrican, from their corrcipoodent atHa-
vans,tinder date of 17th June, says:—
'"‘The expedition against Mexico is nearly 1
ready, but Gen, Barradnshks sealed orders
■Jo be opened at sea, and it is not yct Ifnown'
at what point this foico will bo directed.
Wo havo no noiys,”
ty. It is known that the" Indians who have
mado considerable progress in civilization,
not only distlaimcd allegiance to the gov
ernment of Georgia, but bad actually es
tablished a Constitution and separate Go
vernment for themselves; Could. such a
constitution have been recognized by Con
gress, or the National Government Imvc
exempted the Indians from the" laws and
authority of the Stale? .Could the Slate
itself,sVith any tiling iikoo propoY regard to
her own dignity or welfare, hav permitted a
people, occupying irer.tcrritqry and com
posing a part ofTterown population, to bo
unamenable lb her laws, and to carry on,
within iidr iimits, a separate and indepbn
dent system for themselves 2
Would the State of New-York submit to
a similar exercise of lovetiighty by f lio ln-
dians within liter limits ? Wo nppiclie|td
not—-por would any Stato, whlclMjpes not
desire tu appear" redioulous to ffl gi^hbon
itlid ,to be continually. perplexed and .dll-
tractfd within jtseft. Tiro ^‘reside tit, there
"fore, has acted, we conceive, both wisely
and humanely, in recommending or.diicc-
ling the r»mtut|Lof tire Indians. IB lias
rescued the faith of tbaagovernmentjfrom
““ were cast up
excus'-da treaty, solemnly made
Georgia, ami wliicll ought, to have
executed long before, lie hits pre
vented, possibly the employment ofeoer
.cion on the pa11 ufthat State, fur the ac
quisition of-itl rights—lie has happily ler-
min.tted a most gainful controversy, which
once seriously agitated, and might, if re- 4
newed, havd siukou the Uttitin .to in cen
tre—and lie lies, in alb probability, secured
ro the’Indians'themselves, lathe territory
provided (hr them, more' perfect indepen
dence and real happiness, than they could
ever have’enjnyed’ In the dlbateahle land
from which tltey have been so judiciously
transferred.
Legal Decision—The subjoined decis
ion, by. Ids honor Judge Clayton, upon a
title brought UsToro him at the last term of
Habersham Court, we insert for tlii^ spe
cial information of Sheriffs, Printers, and
otlters concerned:
’* In Habersham Su
perior Court, April
Z Term,
. is*?.
From tito Baltimore Republican, Srd insl.
rno.M mm coiuir-si'osv»r.vr.
Washington, Jur.c-ZOlh, lUiO.
Sin,'
There arc two other cases of mote, r.e
aent date, implicating Dr. Watkins, which
although not fully developed, in con»c-
qucitco oftho absence of tint gentlemen to
whom the money is charged aicuodouKed
ly of (lie inmo fraudulent character. ■ -
It appears, that on the Gilt Sept. last, n
requisition issued in favor of Orris S Paine
for SSOO, which tvas charged in the dtlt
Auditor',s Offico to Edward N. Cox, a pur-
scr-iYi theNavv, then and now in the Pabi-
fie Ocean... Mr. Paine was lately a clerk
in tho dth Auditor'a Offico, and -sshthoro
appeared to be no nulbority for charging
this ifiottoy.to Cox, hn was cjtlVwl.'nn'fbtun
explanation. He slated, in lubitnnce, that
he had Iscou Induced by.Mt. Glmrlni-llay,
lato ehlof clerk In tho Navy Department,
w ho assured him there was no Impropriety
lii the transaction, to suffer his nainb lo bo
usotj.for the purposo of drawing tho SS00-
from tho'TuMsiiry, and placing it in" tho
hands of Dt.AVatkjn*.-•
I understand Btat Mr Southard disavows
of U|4 requisition, and Sir.
as his authority tlie.following
bout a name but" in "
.lug.".-'
lisitiori for
for
float, made payable to um at hisri
tlie purpose ,,f answering orders
lias given nn mo, and plea-,-
rag. I’tlrscr Cooptr bate J? 150. I
counts are liut ycl closed, but the c
is settling them says there will bo
ed of those cases, I may ( past. Our former; nre just harveltuigVstrticfmnsyou may require.’.' A nod with-
rutvpaftlcvtl.vr» relative tltvlt Whttat ctopS. whieh', six weeks ago qut a siiilto seemed tu .say,' yuur acrvicVS
atkios' counsel and de- luriked vfify. flattering, but will not now
‘ 1 ’ ■ ‘ pVudtice hroro titan one Itulf as mueli us was
anticipated." ’ •
„r\\
Court lots dP]
giro t uti tome
to the conduct . .. ,,
fenders; If the country arc nslnnishcd at
the frauds already disclosed; tlrey -will' bo
more mi at the unprincipled efforts to screen
tlit, culprit frOm trial anil from punishment.
In tito mean lime, 1-sh.tll detail to -you
"several other eases of abitsc, committed by
tito late incumbents in office.
Since our last, wo liavo" been informed
that wo were hat wholly correct in the list
which tfo gave iif tho ouudidntos for the
Presidency of tito Georgia University. Mr.
Capers,tl-I»salil, had signified to'his friends
tli.it lie would tint accept, shinild ho bo
qleotcdto that offico. Mr. Rain's name
was incorrectly Inserted Rainey-. Mt,Gol
ding is not a candidate for tho Presidency,
but fntthe professorship of Hallos 'Letters,-
vacated by the resignation of tito Rev. Sto
phett Olln. Tho -candidates for that'of
profossnrship are; «vo understand, tjnfltev.
Mr. Golding-,Mr,B- U- Hopkins.(at pre
sent on* of tho tutors of tho institution,} fit
Mr. Bullard, of So. Carolina.—AMetttau
Prom (lie United Stain'
. Nourse having ptililt
' (Notary of the Trt
" i and havo-bcen
1 ivltlt
vbMp-
wb'o
nibcli
ed to t.rku
it? below.
June, IgZO
w inst.-ivafnol
tho -ptcssu'ro of
dtnn earlier re
ply. Yoh Uiform ioe, that you Ifaye char
ged.* I -2 per cent on Ihc amnunl ofynur
dishi!nemvntt,pq- r iU;cnt aff iite-sapaiitoi'
larger sunt Ilian that duo -to him—tC.bargt and you rcquest lirat Fwill give- tilruction
in'isav Marine Ritrns.V vtwBK* 1 to tile ateountlnjz nffiuers, tp ACltlo your ac
count upon the principles you have, itatotl*
l have th observe, that,- so far at 1 atrtrin
to'pay Marine Corps.1’ a-
t Mt. Hay's,motive in procuring
E. IT. Bcrbitt,
e».
Tat'SnEkirr.
: The United Stales Bank paid In the Ci
ty of Philadelphia, on the Dt-iitst. to hol
ders of certificates of II. S. Slock, three
(pillions three hundred thousand dollars.
On the tame day, in the city of N. York
six millions pfthe Loan of 10.14 were paid
Off. This writ thtow into the market a
jargo sum of money for re-iavestment.
The account of Vitacy. said to bavc. t.cen
rcoontty committed at h»t. Eusuiia, is sup ;
phsed by tho.New York Journal of torn-
tnerce to have'"grown but of the case of the
Xhip Siiffolk of Boston, about nhlch there
ffero reports some weeks ago."
' Richard C. Allen Esq. has been-ap
pointed by Ute President, Law Agent of the
United States for the Territory of Florida
In the place of Samuel Brrntz, removed.
The Philadelphia Chronicle states that
our distinguished countryman, Mr. Cooper,
was dangerously ill at Marseilles, about
tho middle of last March.
• The New York Cownercti! Advertiser
' mentions the' arrival in "that , ity, ol the
. large bones said‘to have been dug op in the
ySiley of the Mississippi, One side of the
tmder-jaw bane, weighs 1100 pounds. The
•dttor speaks of them gs having beon him
td "so many thousand years"—not more
titan six thousand, unless tb» animal was of
the iqct of pro- Adamites.''
Capt. Kelly, oftlte brig Congress, who
arrived at Boston on the Stub. ult. from
(Tibrait'ar, which place he left the 24th May
confirms fhe accounts before received of
the death of tbe Utteen -,f Spain. He
States that it was officially known at Gib
valtar, and minute guns were firing when
. !|i sailed, ;
The Committee of the Rliode Island
Xffigislattire who were appointed reinvesti
gate the affairs of (he Farmer's "and Me
cltanic's. Bank have reported that “they are
jrerlectly satisfied that all the demands a-
gainst tite Bank are secure and trill even
tually be paid."
The Charleston Mercury, in reply" to a
very "intemperate article in the New York
Journal of Commerce, on tile subject of
thh removal of tlie-Indians within the lint-
iti"of Georgia, very justly asks, where in
deed is the cruelty complained of? Have
the Indians (continues the Mercury) been
massacred, or despoiled qf their property
without compensation 1 “ FbV from ft.—
They will be fully paid for their im’prove
menls, and government has provided for
them an ample extent of territory, equally
fertile with that they have abandoned, and
touch better adapted to their peculiar modes
of life. Where, 1 also, is tho injustice of
tbb arrangenlpnt? IVas not the United
Stifles'solemnly.'bound by treat y , anil in
eqnsidorntion of Mi extensive cession mode
by Gcprgia to tho Union, to extinguish tbe
lbdian title to all lands-witbin its limits 7
."Would tito Journal have -had the govern
Went to Violate its" faith"? ‘Would it have
wished a renewal of tho embittered contra
vc(Sji between the State of Georgia and the
United States, in tc.ialidn to that matter ?
In our tremble judgment, so far from their
. being any cruelty or injustice in the retno;
val of the Indians, it is n measure every;
This was demotion for the Sheriff to>hew
causa why he did not pay over to the plain
tiff in tire rule! (certain advertising fees
which had b«en collected by virtue of exe-
cntioKs in sundry cases. "Upoit agreement
and consultation witlt the Judge .oftlre Oc-
mulgee Circuit, the court determines that
■he above rule imi't he discharged, and the
party plaintiff led fo lds remedy at lawj
because the claim of the plaintiff was the
Claims, at the itpie Of the contract, must
regulate and gnv'etn h, and all new .con
structions of law ought to operate prospec
tively.
But the Court has been informed, and Is
satisfied of the fact, that a practice prevails
among (ome Sheriffs, in Circuit, to exnet
of Defendants, by, virtue of Executions
placed lit their hands; a larger amount’ for
advertising fees than they actually ppy re
the Printers.— 1 This totirse. is illegal, and
grqsslyjmproper, and in future. Iron: and
after the promulgation ot this rule, Sheriffs
are. directed to requite from defendants no
niorethan the fair and'regular charges Of
advertising tljeir levies, which must bo re
turned td Court with tbe executions raising
tire same, that the Cdprt may'jurige of tho
reasonableness thereof, and have the same
paid over to whom it rightfully belongs,and
in fajlnrc thereof Sheiids trill be subject to
a rule as m-other cases uf costs'
.... Athenian.
MR. CALEB ATWATER. ,
The report that this gentleman has been
appointed Mineralogist, with- the pay and
emoluments of a member of Congress, put
into circulation bv one of the least reputa
ble of the eoalRimt prints, is treated- as a
serious offence by the Charleston Mercury;
which says, '■ "It the President, has made
such an appointment he has done strong.”
We-are gratified re see that ndr friend of
the Mercury has qualified his censure by
an "if;” and it gives us pleesure to be able
to assure him, that the President has not
done so. The story was probably, intend
ed as a quiz.—V. S.. Telegraph
,'WhatwasP , PHI , .
Mr. Paine id suffer his mine to bp put Jii
the'requisition in',toad ol tliat of Df, Wat
kins.’does not npprar. Mi. l'ainc, howev
er, produces'tho refldVW receipt, to show
that he only aotodjur Df- "'atkiUsin.that'
matlor: * » '
“ Jl’aehwgton, 8(k Srpt.'lB28
Received of Orris Paine,-Esq. five hun
dred dollars on account of Edward'N.Gbx,
Parser, U. S. ship Brandywine,-which I
promise to acoount for tq said Cox.
, T. WATKINS”
Mr. Hay does not pretend, thaf-he -ever
.saw any orden fram v 0 * and Watkins,: or
that any authbtity existed for thollfua of
the requitition except the loose' memoran
dum, copied above, which he did notMeem
ol sufficient Importance to-fileit;lntbe«Na‘
vy Department. Nor-areeny such orders,
or any other authority for charging tho mo
ney to Cox now re be found in tho-Navy or
Treasury, Department, nor. is there the
slightest ground to believe that any exis
ted - • * '•
On the ISth of December 18*8, a reqfll-
sitionjfor $75# Was issued, payable to Dr,
Watktos, pretending to be bj^order of Silas
lliltlcr, a Purser in the NavV, then - and
now in' ihe Mediterranean. No' anthaiity
is to be fuund ill the Nayy-l)eparthi?iit ror
the issue of this requisition,nor is there any
in the 4tll Auditor’s Office foi charging it
to Purser .Butler*,- -Tlie only Ihfbrmation
obtained on tlie subject is from tlie requisi
tion Clerk in the Navy Department, who.
( he was diraetpd to issuexitjjhy -Jffv,
Life and Voyages of Columbus by Wash
ington Irving.—(Abridgement.) Wo have
perused with an interest beyond our antici
pation, tills opinion of the life of the great
navigator; for, long and intep ly as we
had often dwelt cm the former accounts of
tlie extraordinary Genoese, tve took up the
work ofhlr. Iridng, doubtful of his ability,
high as we-rated it ; to add atiy thing
more than an "amplified detail to the inter
esting story.- We found it-, however, re
contain a succinct, yej fulknarrativr of tlie
life and fortunes of one"wlio hns been
hitlfertobut imperfeetly known to |h6 two
worl is which he honored, written In qiure
English—in "a style at once animated and
giA :eful—perspicuous without-labimr, and
polished.without, study. The beauties of
history in this volume, often possess tile
fascinations of poetry. and the reader, tho*
not satiated with .contemplating the scenes
immediately presented is harried delight
fully onward tu others, and equally absorb.
ing to the close of tbe volume..
- It-is precisely such a hook'as should, be
out into the hands of the young!;.there’ll
a-vigor in its styltrtliat neve.r flags, and an
attraction that ia not weakened by a re-
perusal ; added to which,, there is,a vein
of mojfal, sentiment pervading it, which
must commend it to eveiy instructor.
N. Y. Mer. Adv.
- Deaf an f Dumb.—We Inive perused the
thirteenth Annual Ucport of the directors
of the American Asylilni in Hartford, for
tlie education and instruction of the. Deaf
and Dumb, and from it we learn that the
present number of pupils at the Asylum-is
148, principally from the New England
States, but some from tlie Middle and
Southcrn.Statcs, the British Provinces and
the West Indies. One hundred and sixty
have terminated their studies, making the
total of those who have been and now are
done upon tlie representations of Dr,. Wat-,
(tins, who received the money and applied''
it to his own use. - -f" ^ ‘
The evidence herein referred" 1 to, rela
live to these two cases, wts Submitted to'
the grand jury, who refused to ptesent them
upon, the presumption" that Dr. Watkins
■night havo had authority for his acts. T
havo already shewn that such a- presump
tion was contrary re reason and taw, if no
authority for-the issfio ofa requisition (da
ting to tlie naval service can be-found in
the Navy or Treasury Department; the on
ly legal, and reasonable presumption - is,
ibat-nono exists, and -it becomes at -Unco
the duty -of the Secretary and 4tlr Anditdr
to shew their authority.- In these eases;
Dj- Watkins without any authority appear
ing on the public- filesor -records,-received
from.the Treasury' "g4r050 of the public
money, nnd charged it to distant-Pursers,
lie htrs left nothing behind him to sustain
those charges v.tnb ieferencs therefore/is,
that-.they were unauthorized.--This- tea's
sufficient to make it tho imperative duty of
the Grand Jurji to indict him; and if ho
had authority, if tvnuid then be incumbent
on him to produce it bifore the Petit July
in Ins-defence.,
Mere arc seven distinct cases of fiautf
committed on tlie Treasury during .the
years 1827 and- IflSfl. The amounts of
E ublic money thus obtained by Dr. Wat-
ins nro as followr-: .
Requisition charged-to Ham- i'.re
life lull $1000
1st do' to Paulding 1000
2d. do do 800
3d do do 7*0
do to Harris gOOO
do ta.Cox -, 500
do - to Butler ■ 7b0
Weather.—Tho' thermometer for the lust
eight ot ten days, has indicated an .usual
ilngrcoot cold for tho season of tho yoap
Yesterday morning at u o’cloch it stood at
Ot, at 2 o'clock 00, and at sundown at 02.
Tills inorniug ai 0 o'clock 00,.at 12 M. 0U.
Ip Tanning our Oyo over a" sot ofnfctcnrolo
9 ical observations for tho last month, we
o not perceive that tlio mcrcuiy 1 has as-;
ddntjed in tlie thormqmcldr at any ona' timo.
during tlio last inonth nufoh above .70, nor
lias it Stood at tltaf point but a short tinio,
bei'oro it was sunk down near 00. ■ Fires'
mofiiiug'aml evening nre not uncomforta
ble ,Veu> York Evening Post lif inst.
The British' West India colonies are'
highly valuable count'ries in themselves,
and yield products of the first importance
Tlicir distress, however, is such as itnperi
and the attention of that gov
pertv in Antigua which once
prictor £20,000 a year, lias,
nr dr live yCars, yiiildoiL 1 not
sliillini:, aiui mauv’who were once
ih affluence, luve been reduced td ‘absolute
poverty. The remedy proposed is a re
duction oftho duty on tlie staple cotnmodl
ties of sugar and nun. Tlio evil, .ip other
wolds is that which is ‘ o i tlie bnit'om ol
most or all of ilio distresses uf England,-—
'excessive JnxulidH Without this roiloc-
tinn"/It hns been declared lliat tlie whole of
tile West India coloniespluit be Inevitably
ruined.—/Ja/fimohe American-
^ejlr.. Cs
are not wanted , 1 liave a deputy !
fqijned, there U nO precedeql for tlie allow-
a nee you have clnimad, altliougln aslywell
known to you. o ccmsidcrnble portion of
tho ilisburaotqenu at tlm seat or govern;
ment, are piacle tluougb simitar agencies.
A list of them is subjoined, which will.nx.
Iiibit, at One view,"their amount and fjoner-
al chorantcr. • ' • >
This practice has boon adopte l, to avoid
,tlie-multiplication of accounts with the
treasury, nnd the unnecessary lab ir of is
suing warrants and passing them through
•ill t,he forms for small nuns. " Previously
re t|i*e act of 7th May, 1822, tho Treasurer
of the United States was made, by regale-
tionl.the. agent for the military nnd nnvul
service nT the government; so, la ench of
the legislative and executive departments
"and iubortlinate brandies, some offierr or
clerk Is designated tq pay the'salaries nnd
contingent expenses; and the actual labor
of making the contracts, and . examining
thebillsfor a large portion of the-expendi
ture, for,which-you have been the nominal
agent, viz. in tile ptjror branches of the
Treasury Department; has beck performed
brothers. -But l camiot . learn that-.any
commission Yds ever been allowed at tlie
treasucy-for these services. The duties
are, nr may be, performed witbin .office
hours, and all the expense attending them
is paid for by tho government in clerk hire,
stationary, Sec. The whole'labor of keep-
ing the accounts, is npt more than must
have been performci: by each of the ac-
codnting officers, and "the register and trea
surer, if the agoncy did. .not exist; the ar
rangement lias, therefore, been made, not:
to increase expense, but'to save labor,
whereby a single clerk could perforin in
one office, what would hato employed sev
eral in different offices. •-
You will, therefore, perreivo that these
services, resulting only from a modification
of the business of tho offices for general
convenience, nnd so equally distributed a-
mong them, arc not in their nature extra,
and cannot be regarded as demanding spe
cial compensation; but should tlie allow
ance you claim bo admitted, tlie same rule
ofjustico wouId iCquiroD.similar allowance
to all other agcncios qf the same charac
ter, extending back to the origin of tbe go-
vcrqmentr- t " •
.T feel persuaded that your views of the
subject must-have undergone seme'chnrige
since our conversation about tlio last ,of
May, ns you did not .then propose to make
a specific charge of a edmmission for your
agohey. Toil expressed your regret alVour
removal frqm office; as it imd rendered you
less abie'to tnake. lip the deficiency in your
accounts, winch you admit was about
gf0,000,"and desirefl that Some indulgence
would he extended toyouf os a ground for
this request, you rO.i.arked, that you lint
properly sufficient to pay tlie deficit, actu
ally designated certain parts tlmt you svould
apply tothatpurpnse. ' '.You alio observed,
that you had'sustnined some" losses in. tho
dlsdursemem of money tmder jour agency,
fie inquired of hie whether I .lid rttit'ihifik it
reasonable th'dt some ailowancq should be
■ n ,1m 1L — * - *-nl,l,l» t(L lk*lVa * t Ala l‘n'a *
Calhoun nnd Mr. Van Bjircn are
bdlh jfvoposed. ili several ;Mpers ahd in op
poslto quarters of tlio uhion.as ccnd)ila|rs
for tlie I’residdtipy. ■ Nominations of tins
klndnrre entIVely proffiature. It;rests with.
Gen. J nekton to .qecjde wlteilfer. any other
indit'fdual than himself •hnli be supported
by thq party which elected- lilm. nlidiild
lie determine to decline, it will tlien be
time enough todUir'act the .country with
another canvass for tlie Piesiduhcy.Should
lie coixent to serve again,'no man of the
Jackson .parly','we are persuaded, will be
porinhletl to oppose him. *-• ' '■
ChaUeston Mercury,
From the 1! illovvcll Advocate.
Monsieur Tonsvn come again.—A strait ' ’
gcr called a few days .since, and rcqiiostval -
the pulflicatioii of tlie following. Ho has,
been a traVeilcr, wo aro informed, and is * 1
well known in Livcipool and Jay.
Morgun actually found—-Nothing but tlio
most sacred regal'd to truth, and the well
being of.tlic publio in geiiural, prompts me
at litis time to. contradict lira fabrtcatkdac-
count of tbc murflor of tlio Into Capt. Win.
Morgnn of Batavia, N Y. Respecting tills
tvondetfUl porsonago much anxiety'lias
boon foil. Tito numermts accounts of his
being soon alive in Turkey, at tlio foot' of
the falls of Niagara.und many other places,'
aYo a niore farce, mid perhaps told to satis-
fi Idle: curiosity.—But 1, having known
said Morgan in tho statebfNcw Yotrt,pre
vious to Ills abduction, Havo since been
able to recognise him. I saw him nt tlio
Ynhkoo Hotel in tho cit^.in October, 820,
lln'was'a niuson oftlte first lank, lie told
tno lies bad taken 7 degrees; tlmt money
was hard to be obtained lliat ho should
pulilisb the u firsl degrees of masonry, and
Knew; not hiii.lic'sliquld ,go further. The
mcro outlines, bo said, would satisfy tlie.
long esisiing cmipsity of tliu public, uml
ho would then pass tluougli a sham ahriuc'j
ion, mid thereby render his book saleable*,
fn ApriUast, 1 iieing at Mount Desert lifr'
ml, a sin.ill craft appeared off tlio harbor!
m l shortly put in. Kite had on board in aU
n; they camcun shorn. .The third man
sa\v- was Captain Morgan t lie liatl on a
nlilct cloak, glazed Hat, thick boots
anil mixed under clothes, i lu approached
me, airdoopresentiiigmy hand seemed re-
luct;mv ill Bring discovered. Ho went bj
tbe.name oninrringtqn oil b "
tvaj tharaotertzed by wisdom and Iigmant- jat the Asylum, 308.—Harlfotd Times.
87800
But even- these frauds, as extensive and
shameless ns they were, arebeheved not to
have been Jjre most coritipt and dangerous
part of Dr. Watkins’ conduct. He made
himself the debtor of many offices whose
accmint.no had to settle, by botrowing mo-
ney from them, which he exhibited very
little disposition to pay. . From many-fx-
traorilinary . allowances made during the
last two years, it is inferred that he inten
ded to satisfy-those creditor, by his libera).
ity tn the settlement of thbiraccounts. The
mind is struck with dismay at tbe contem
plation of the extent to which corruption
would have been carried by. the continu-
■ nce.of.surh a man in-office.'. In addition
redirect fraudv.he would as iaras possible
have made evefy man his creditor whbso
accounts tie bad to seftle, with a tacit ,up-
'ders(andingahat he was re pay them by al-
.lowing inch cbMges as they might-hq- dis
"posed to make! In. timie, the ryhoiq Navy
would have become comaminatodYatidtbat
which has sited so much glory on our
country would have become its reproach.
Had Mr. Adams -boon.re-elected, it is
said and believed that this man was to have
been Treasurenor Postmaster General
What would then liovo been the fatertf our
coumry l 'Tlie penult of tho linked States
liave cause of tliaokfuloess to thp Giver of
nil good, that they have been enablcd to
place one at the head 'of their governnicot
who Iras the viitjje -and tbe courage to re-
inove corrupt men, andTestore our institu
tions re their, pristine purity. As they leai n
in detail Ihe conduct of the principal men
who latelyswayed the sceptre of Authority, 1
they will bid the old soldier God-speed in
tlie woik of Reform, regardless ot the cla-.
inoi s raised by .peculators and defaulters,,
and their accomplicesand associates. ■ . r
Sbouid l remain-here until after the
• *’ . v: ’I
made foe your'troublc. Ih that particular
I declined expressing any opinion on that
point, but requested you to assist in making
up Ihe accounts, and to state in writing the
grounds upon which you expected uily al-
fin ance of tills nature; anit that they ijoult
be duly considered.;, and if the nccuutitlng
cfficcrs rnuld'not admit them, your appli-
oation would be made to Congress, who,no
doubt, unulil do ynu justice. • ■ ' v;
Notidiig that parsed, induced me tosup
pose that you intended to niako a, specific
charge ol a commission as a compensation
for your agepey, and tho long and univer
sal ptactice’. of tlie governmept must, I
think, satisfy*you, that such trehargo can
not ho admitted oti apy'grohnd, and much
less to balance a known deficiency, ’which
I now understand is about 814,000. I am
aaate that.some chnrges bf this kind have
been lately nrade tD' off-set delinquencies,
but they are considered as. without la>»,am
therefore abuses. ■ 1‘was gratified to find
thatyqii had not added to your unfortunate
management of the monies committed tr
yirnr oare, any evjilenet ol a design to ob
tain by improper means,- that which you
bail no'legal'claun to,
In reply-to your' reqnbst that' 1 will give
to the accounting officer to sottlo your ac
counts, upon.tlie principles you have sta
ted, I havotinly to nbseivo', that they are
the proper-judges of the law,'in relation to
the settlement of accounts; If they can
find such authority for J allowing your
charge, it will' be their duty to allow It';
but if not, it is not Within tho poster of the
Secretary of tlie Treasury to give any di
rliction that will dispense with tlmt obliga
tm* '
I 4m, vety respectfully,’your obedient
- servant,
(Signed) S.D. INGHAM,
• Secretary of the Treasury,
Joseph Norse, Esq.
- The Oreenville Mnntaiueer tff the 27th
ult;says:—"The vain continues to fall in
greater ahundauce than hns been witnessed
at this eeuso'a of the year for 0 or 7 years
‘ BALTIMORE, July 3.
Advices from Lima to the'21st Marcii
wete "received hern yesterday,’ by'.way of
Vera Cruz. Tho ship Eliza; from Balti
more, had not been permitted to outer tin;
prohibited artlcWs of-'her cargo. Hopes
were, liowover,. cntertaliiod, that prdpbsi
lions which had been made to the govern
mom, .might induce ft finally to permit
their untry.—American " " ^
Peach Trirs—A correspondent of a’New
Jersey paper gives a" receipt'for preserving
peitcli'treesr -lie applied a composition of
cqilal quantities of tan bark and oyster slt’ell
linto to the roots of tlie trees! immediately
about tlie trunk, and a fen < inches under
grotfli'd, allowing alioitt half a busTTcl to
each tree* :Tlte next year he had the sa-
lisfnfctiou to see his orchard in a statu of
'the most vigorous-and healthy foliage. A
Western paper suggests that shfito linin'
will probably answer the same purpose a s'
that Iroiti oysttr siiolls.'
Handsome Present.—Mr" Tltonras has
shown us a very handsome medal wlftch Ira
has received from the President of the U.
Stntejito >o presented tn Jackson McGow
an,''son of M.r. Benson McGowan, of Uar
loot Mr. McGowan is mrt ufour old tho
rough going republicans,and a sthunch sup
rarter of the "man oft he People.""' These
iltle interchanges ol civility' between'; iljd
President and his fellow-citizens are plea-
sent to beho!(J—we mean, they are pleasant
to all but the coaiitiontsts'ivho Scold and
fret because Gen': Jackson does not keep
himself aloof from every body.—N. Y.
Courier. .
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TALL*HASS.EE, (Flor.) June'?3.
The Crops—The prospect of abundant
erdpi war niver greater. . Rain and sun
shine continue to succeed each other at in
tervals, And the rapidity, am! luxuriance of
vegetation exceeds any thing iieford 'Wit
nosseti. Weyesterdny saw a stock of corn
measured, that exceeded sixteen feet in
length. No complaint"is heard amtthg tbc
planters but the prevalence, of grass and
weeds.
A "novel ECone was presented" to us yes
terday, by the ship Galatea (42'guns) be
ing propelled out of Portsmouth harbor, by
the use of paddle wheels—-Tlio ship’s coin
pany, consisting of ISO men, were .put in
three divisions, and manned the winches,
when the-.(hip was propelled at tfte ralo of
three knots* The wheels are 'seven *--•
wide,—English Paper, v . , }
■ Just in fime.'—The ship Brlvidere.ftiipt.
Nabb, from .Liverpool bound to Baltimore,
with acSrgo.a part of vvhich «otild*besub
ject to the additional duties, which take ef
fect on lira thirtieth of Jbne 28*0, arrived
vvithttt our'Capce on Tuesday night last
and reported th'e vessel'anA 'iargo re Mr
Westwpofl, an Inspector Of tlio'CustotnS:
75 titimifes before the expiration ofthe'pe
riod'to wliich tlie former dittibf were res
tricted by Law.—Norfolk’ Deacon, July 2.
JumosBatricki Esq; has been removed
from the Post Office, at New Philadelphia
—Mrs. Catharine A. Canfield appointed
in his place. Mr. Patrick thus humorous
ly announces his dismissal;—' "
We thank the Postmaster General for
putting us off so handsomely, while many
of our brethren of the letter bags have been
hurled Out'of office, und compelled to sur
render thefr papers, maps and mail keys,
to surly,looking felloivs of ihe opposite po
litics, wo.poli"tely step aside to make way
for a" lady. Here tkere wore nosout looks
between tlie officei turned out, end the offi
cpr put in.—While in' other places, lira
newly.appointed Postmaster entered the
officeof his predecessor insttltingly-exolaim
iqg, “(jive.mo up yourkeysand lottorsin-
stantly—if is our time to rule now"—ami
Iras been IndigHpBtJy replied to in strait
words as "tbete tltey are, and "bod—-d to
you!”—our case has been entirely differ
ent. A pretty young widow enters tlie
office with a polite courlosy : 8ir r I am
appointed Postmaster, and will- acbtjpt it."
—"I rejoice to hear it madam,and am rea
lly to daliver you the papers.” "Does this
colored map belong to tho . office sir?”—
"Yes, madam, its belongs to tho office.”
"1 am glad of that sir—1 will put it in thy
irall." "It will-Jook much better'there,
madam, than in my cabin.” “You can
let mo have tho map and papers nt any
time?" “Certainly, madam, with any in-
— — board tlio sclirr
! then called liliri’asjde v Me told ine be
bad-been nt Newfbnnilland ; tlut he was
then a British subject; that he was convey
ed down tlie St. Ltnvrepco front Erie f?J}
tltat.hcMiotild retorn’to the I nited States,
nnd Miller had in his liaqds money of ills tq
the jamPUtU of 8*0,000; that ho had been
in tlie Bay fisliery". By his request, 1 liave
promised to publisli this on niy arrival In
tills town; let thispiu all. furiliffr specula*
tion at(.est, as I liavo bad poplar. demon
stration of the fmeuiitng facts! 1 ’•
EZRA STlHtOE.-i aN^ERSONt ;
Providential Escape. ; ,On Sa(urday weef(
as iSjr. Samuel 7“ luma, of Hectqj, with his
ife anil child, were riding along on tlio
turnpike neat Thomas' tavern, shetuddon*
ly screamed out “there’s a tree falling on
its,'.'-.md leaped from the wagon with he|
babe and sustained no injury. . Iler hus
band potohseiviug the tree, blit following
the'eVlim'ph- of his 'rife, sprang forwjrds,
when an oak Iree ofahoiit Ihtro feet in di>
Iimetc'r fell obliquely across the road, and
rearliins from fence to fence, , struck .be
tween’ (lie horse and qua of tho front
Wheels, Oil to file top of the oilier which
left its hub entirely spokeless, ami stripping
the Inirpes-t off tito horse, broke every thing
,'tbSf (ay In'"its iVtify.r'Mr. S. nas'stuimed
by the fall of the tree, and on recovering,’
found himself by the side of tho horse with
the llnesriiritis hands. Iiis shoulder slightly
liitrt; hut Ti6 knew nof liotv. ''i'besc tuint
I ■witnessed while they stood amazed. Tltil
.wrlicr acknowledges a degree of gratitude
Jue to gruolbui Heaven for ills own nar
row escape. • • v
...*,. J. M. DAVIDSON.
Melancholy Accident Yostcrdny after*
noon, Mr. J. P Kennedy, one of the city
constables, was requested by two respecta
ble citizens tu convey-a deranged man na
med 1 Jnrh.es Uilbaiirto tlie alms-liousp.frum
wliich he had escaped, and who was to ta
found at the lliaCk Bear tavern, in Front,
between Vine and Callow-hill streets. Tlie
constable repaired to the place, and ou in-
qulry, found.that Lothart Was up stairs.
On going up, and opening ihe door; Lo-
thnn presented n pair of pistols, and threat'
,enod to shoot him If |je attemptetl to take
lijtn. -The coiistablc retired, anti endea-
vored"t-'’geI Some of the persons down
etairs to assist him. ■ *.
■\ Mack nsetts volisntoerejl Ids tetvlccsj
andar.comjtauied Mq. Kennedy upstairs.
On opening thn.ch'amher dour, tltey found
the man had escaped folbe roof.” ’J hlthet
Kennedy ..followed him. -Lotlran".begged
him not tb f.ncp'liim to commit" two crimes;
Uiiit jf he vitrUured to' tulte him, lie woiild
-blow out Kennedy’s brains With one pistol,
nnd'his Own with thentlicr. : -Adler endea
voring Hi vain to persuade Lotlran to oome
down, Kennedy went ilnsvh stairs again
with a.view to get some person to assist
him iitl'emovnig him from this daitgeruui
sittration. L „ - 1 .
In the mean time, Lothnn got down hv
some ’means! and ran down to Callowhill
street- wliarf. A porsqn on, lira whgtf at-
tejnpicd to stop him with a stick of cord
Wood; upon which Lotlran fired off Ids piss
tola, Which grazed flip man’s body, ana
then rushing on, jflunged into ..the river,
and was drowned, notwithstanding the ex-
erlions of the by-sunders".—Phil .Sen.
From the New Haven Advertiser;
Accident—An infant child-of Mr.’John
Ritter, of this city, on Tliursilay last, w hile
standing amusing herself" in a chair at the
upper chamber syindqw, which was alnmt
t4fnet abovo tho side walk unfortunately
foil to the street. T(ie little innocent struck .
first upon tjie" p’di tico, over tlie front door,
above sv.Hrch tho window was situated, and'
rolled off from thence to the side walk.—
Altboiigh so badly wounded that life tvas
nt first despaired oC'hopei are now enter
tained of her recovery!
AVAediJeit.'in its results, agd arising
altogether from inexcusable carelessness,
on the part of those" employed at the wnrlii
bbourred in Blceker street on Saturday eve'
iting. In front of the Church in that strap,
n little east of Broadway, (He CqrporaliSi}
liavo qonsttuctcd a reservoir. On Satur
day, thesvator wns pumped off front one
cistorn svhioh looked, into another, nnd the
full oislern—of tvhicji the mouth Is on the
side walk and on a level with' tin- flagging
—was left open by the workmen employ-
ed, in spite of the remonstrances of the.
neighbors. Tho consequence was that >
fine yotilh of seven or eight years,' in play*
ingroifs'd with Ills comrades, while running,
backwards, Stepped into this open cistern,
nnd instantly disappeared. The alarm
was immediately gjven; but before assist
ance could be rendered,the unfortunate hoy
ivnsdrowneff.'— N. Y. Amer.
A Good Living.—The|London Morning
Post, snys that by the falling in of Leas®’
Sec. lira Bishoprick of London, will id
httut twenty years, be ivoi'th 8500,000 p cl
annum.