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I he King> of Egypt built their fiineral p\
i‘ itnids, not in (he midst of a fertile iTmntrv
lint of a sandy desert. ’These sliipcudou
mi'Hioiils lift their exalted heads like elef-
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Qw \ PAINFUL N ARKATIVE.
months ago we copied from an
paper, all that was then known
ii >p< viing the loss of nn East Indiatnan
voyaging from Sydney to Singapore—tin
dreadful sufferings of the crew among ('■.
savages—anti the rescue of a child—tin ;
son of Major D’Oxley—from the cruellies!
of his captors. More rccentlx the widow ot
•• the Captain had arrived in England, and
gives the following story of her own sulTei
iogs. O.te cannot read it without n fearful
reetilleelion, that several American sailors
are believed l > lie yet enduring the horrors
of stick captivity, in the same quarter oi
the v. orld?—CoW'H. I'eial.
Mansi-n House.—/leeotinl of the creu \
f, J Sot.'/i.’g* ( os hr, an ! the con- .
//e.7 of t‘f S./r /gfi.—Vester.lay, Mrs. i
El’.z.i Frazer, the Widow < f Captain Fra- ‘
r.er, of the ship Sterling Castle, widen w o j
wrecked on a coral reef on the passage
from Sydney to Singapore, in May, 1835.!
came to the justice room, accompanied b\ j
tf»i* captain pl the vessel in w hich she ar- i
•rived it this country, and a female at
whtMc hottie she w is received cm her com- !
•nag to I minim, for the purpose of mention
ing the-particulars of her dreadful adven
tures aitiong the inhabitants of the shore to
width the crew resorted, as a refuge from
tliM net less nppaliing dangers of the ocean.
On the 16th May, 1835, the Sterling
C.isfle left Sydney for Singapore. Ou the
231, when they were approaching Tor\. s I
Straits, it blew very fresh, ami there „ jS a
current near the Eliza Coral '•\ u f< which
the vessel was imable to njs : ,i ; she’strtick
on the reefs at abmit nice <,'clock at night,
when the captain incapable, i>n°ac
emmt ot the li-zj weather, of making ob
seixations. 1 here was about eighteen
i t n nn board, two boys, mid Mrs. Frazer,
the captain’s wife, who was far advanced in
pregitincy. Two of the men, who were
laboring nt the wheel, were killed when
th;’ -hip struck, and the cabins were shaded
i >to the hoi I, together w ith all the bread,
beet, perk, mi l other provisions.
T ue crew, when the tempest erased, de
termined to get away as well as they could
in the long bint and the pinnatiee, which
they bad contrived to keep secure, the two
other boats, which were attached to the
ship, having been swept away. Accord
inglx . having worked w ith the most desper
ate industry until four o’clock on Sunday,
tt|c\ disembarked from the vessel and took
to tft? boats. Ihe ship’s carpentt r, the
cook, th’ cook’s mite, J. Frazer, the car
pi liter’s nephew, the boatswain, Edward
Stone, and Bill Lorton, a seaman, took to
’L- pinnnncr, while the captain, h's wife,
the chief an 1 second mates, the two bovi,
mi I the rest of the crew, took to the long
’mat. Four days after they had committed
the ns Ives to the care of Providence, Mrs.
i’r.tz r was deliverod of a child, while up
t i her waist in wat-r in the long boat.
’> iie infant was born alive, but aft, r a few
gasps was drowned, mid the first lieutenant
wrapped up the body in a part ofhis shirt,
which be tore from his back for the pttr
p-i-r, mil kt it go with the tide. The
poor merther could not account for the ex
tra irdinary vigor w th w liieli she was able
to bear up against this calamity, milled to
the othe's to which she was doomed to be
exposed. Fortunately she was for some
time in a state of insensibility, mid was not,
until a considerable time after the child was
con-igned to the (h ep, aware that it was
brought into a world from which it was so
rapidly hurried away.
For a gre.it many days they endeavor
ed in vain to rem it Morcton Bay, being
all the time without any food, except a
small quantity of the lees of hops which
they had found in a cask. They suffered
dreadfully from thirst as well a." h<t.’ CP er
while in this awful situation. At Inst they
rca< lied a large rock, to which tjn y fas
’ ned tucir boats, and went in quest of oys
•i» mid water, but tin ir disappointments
i-r? multiplied upon them, and they
t ned themselves along in expectation
: a speedy release from their suffering
-y the interposition of another tempe-t. In
morning t | lose „| |( , indon-ed to the
hmgjmat vv.-re astonished to find that the
jmm litre, and the men who had occupied
her had altogether disappeared. These
mil'jrttinate fellows were never Lend of
in.
I he captain s aim was all along, after
th-y ba 1 been obliged to quit the ship, to
ri.-acn Morcton Bay, hut finding that wind
mi I current were dead Against his object,
mid his companions being reduced to the
extremity of lying on their backs in the
boat, with their tongues out, to catch the
dump of the dews that fell, he resolved to
make for the ncare-tdand. It was a choice
*•’ most aw ful ex ils, for he knew that the
sltorw which it was probable they would
■ ■each was v lifted by tribes of savages. Al
!i«t they came within sight,of land, and
M>on afterward their boat ran into, mid
landed in a-place called White Bay. They
were now within about 100 miles to the
north of Moreton Bay, which is the princi
p-d ot the settlements to which the incorri
gible convicts are sent, to pass the remain
r of their d iys in imintermilted labor,
mid just as they touched the land, they
caught sight of vast crowds of naki d sav
ages, who soon approached the beach, evi
dently delighted with die piize that pre
sented itself. | | )e savages surrounded the
boat, anil raising it up, carried it from the
b- ach to the bush with its crew, just ns,-
i.ivy werl-. The moment they laid
w-i the ground, they began to sfidf the men
<o their clothes, commencing tci*h the cap
lam - k ind t hies officers. John Baxter, tin
srcmid mate, endeavored to hide a sdiirt
ornament, in which his aunt’s buir wa« con-
I dned, having willingly yield'd up every
thing else, but the savages bafrarne infnrin-
1 tl,p ’’'tempt at concyUtotJnt, and hem
|.mi dreadfully. Il is u/W>'/e>sary to «ay
t-rit they bore the trinkets’ ay from him’.
ley broke in pieces du* watches and
c'lroHom-'ers, and eacliM-nok a portion of
the irr.c'iinery to stick'in their noses ami
ears, and after they lla-l divided amdnjr
tlwmselves the vm iotisZporlions of apparel,
ol'ythi'ch they had flipped their ciptivto,
hey threw to them, to appease their hun
ger, the heads mid guts of the fish upon
which they had been lately making their
ueal.
I lie savages, alter having detained them
wo days, te.ok them farther up in tlie
uislies, and drove them onward, that the\
■night, as they soon ascertained, fall into
he hands of other ti'ibes, by whom mt inge
nious variety was to be gi’vett to their suf
ferings. The captain had endeavored to
prevail upon them to accept the services
of the poor crew (or a longer time, being I
ipprehcitsive that any change amot g the]
natives would be for the worsv ;'lmt tliev
bent all the now naked whites on before'
diem until fresh tribes tame up aud look
each n prisoner, and set him to work in
carry iug pieces of trees, and toiling in other
txhmtsiing ways. Mrs. Frazer, living the
only woman, was not selected bv mtv of
die tribes, but was left to liersi If, w hile tliex
all went onward ; but her husband got aii
opportunity to mention to her not to stir'
from the place in which she was nt the mo
ment, mid that he would connive to see
her in.a lew hours. During that night she
lay in the ( lefts of a rock, mid in the mor
ning, alter looking about without seringa'
creature, she determined to follow some I
footmarks, mid, after having proceeded
Mime distance, she saw a crowd of black i
women approach. These women belonged ‘
to the tribe ot savages by whom her ‘ ilUs
band had been taken up the bush ji,- 11r
ceding day, and they set h’ ,- i o ; n
trailing wood and light : lH j in . c< B t i n „
quite naked, and pr'. SC , ; ,j„ g ~ contrast in
her skin which the v.omen did not like, she
was conyULd > uy , hem |, ei . sl .)f all
°r?- "*" * lUn a ' lli l,crl,s ’ ' vllil- li had the
effect making her nearly as dark as
ih'anselves. They likewise tatooed her all
i over ; and, having pulled her hair out,
covered her head w ith a sort of gum, and
stuck the feathers of parrots and other
birds all over it.
One of the women, having two children,
(ddiged her to nnrs one of them, notwith
standing ihe severe labor she had to per
form ; and, if the child was out of temper, the
nurse kicked, scratched, ami thumped her
for its peevi.-hness. At the expiration of
four days, Mrs. Frazer saw her husband
for the first time since their separation. He
was dragging along a tree, and w as great
ly fatigued. She had begun to inquire
how it happened that he did not manage to
let her know where he w as, to which he was
replying that he dared not look for her,
when his tribe suddenly appeared. One of
them having seen them together, made a
push nt the captain with a spear, and pierced
linn through the body, which was a corpse
in an instant. .Mrs. Frazer ran to her hus
band, cried out “Jesus of Nazareth, I can
cn 'tire this no longer,” and pulled the spear
out of the body, but the breath was gone
for ever. She then fell senseless, and re
mained so for a considerable time, and,
when she recovered her senses, she found
herself with the tribe, w hich she was obliged
to?erve; but wh-at became of the body of
Captain Frazer she never could learn.
Shortly after this catastrophe the first offi
cer of the ship having been informed that
the captain had been murdered by one of
the tribes, formed, in a fit of desperation, a
plan ofrevenge, fe'.tered and exhausted with
labor as lie was. His intention was, how
ever, discovered, and horrible was his pun
ishment. Mrs. Frazer had just lighted a
lire by order of her tribe, mid the unfortu
nate man’s legs were thrust into it and con-
I smiied, while he, by the violence ofhis
contortion®, actually worked for the rest
of his body a grave in the sand, in which
it was < mbedded.
Two days after this horrible event a fine
, looking young man, named James Major,
was disposed of. Captain Frazer, who
knew a good deal of the character and hab
its of flic savages on this coast, had
mentioned to .Major that the savages
would take off his bead for a figure bust
for one of their canoes. It seemed too
that i.t was usual for the savage who con
templated that sort of execution, to smile
die fijc.e of his victim immediately before
he slruJt '’’O’ t,ic While Major
was at work the cm. * his tribeopproach
ed him smiling, and tappt_ ''* m 011 ’he
shoulder. At that instant the poor it.'. I ?''
r. ceived a blow on the back of the neck from
a waddir, or crooked stick, which stunned
him. He fell to the ground, ;n 1 a couple
iof savages set to work, and by means of
Jiarpened shells, severed the bead from the
body with frightful lacerations. They then
j ate parts of the body, and preserved the
head with certain gums of extraordinary ef
ficacy, and affixed it as a figure bust to one
lof their canoes. The rest of the crew of
j course, expected nothing less than death.
I Two of the seamen, named Doyle and Big
' Ben, contrived to steal a canoe, and en
deavored to cross an inland lake, but were
drowned in the attempt to escape from per
haps, a more painful death.
There wax a black man named Joseph,
who had been steward on board the Stirling
Castle, when the savages seized the long
boat, in which the crew had entered White
Bay ; they stripped this Joseph as well as
the rest, but as he was of their own color
they io-flicted no punishment upon him ; and
he had the privilege of going about, which
was denied to any other of the wretched
strangers. This man, who was continual
ly watching for an opportunity to escape,
had assured Mrs. Frazer that if he could
eet away, the first life he should think of
saving should bethat of his mistress. He
succeeded in stealing a canoe, in which he
rowed off, six weeks he reached
Moreton where lie informed th- com
mandant tflrthc penal settlement of the hm-
which had taken place
ait White Bay, and the servitude in which
<)Te- survivors of the crew were detained.
By’this time Mrs. Frazer was separated,
and at a considerable distance from the
different members of the crcwv, and she had
given up all hopes of ever being liberated
from’this frightful bondage in w’itich she
was detained.
The’ Moreton Bay commandant, on
hearing of the affair, inquired in the bar
racks if any of the military would volunteer
to save a lady and several of the crew q(
the wrecked vessel from the savages in flie
btisli, aud a number ofirred their services
at a moment’s notice. By a system of mat*-
mettvring entered into by a convict tyho
had been for some years in the bitslj, aiming :
'he ravages, the'pifjtcl.wuw effected. All]
the survivors were io the best of Airs. Fra-'
zer’s belief’, rescued from the savages.
The captain of’the Mediterranean pack- |
ct, in whirli Mrs. Frazer arrived from Syd- ;
ney at Liverpool, stated that he was til j
Sydney at the time of' the arrival of’ th.it ■
lady, and that the circumsttmci s detailed |
caused the greatest excitement there. The ,
convict to whose cxtraordi#arv return Mrs. !
Frazer owed livr escape, obtained a free !
pardon frmn the government there, and a |
reward of thirty guineas.
The captain said that the unfortunate I
lady was not mistress of’a farthing. The
clothes on her back had been given to her j
by the commandant’s wile, and Captain i
Frazer had been the sole support of her '
and three children, who were 1 in the Ork- j
ucv Islands, to which she was anxious to,
go as soon ns possible. She was lame, had ;
almost lost the use of’ one arm, and the |
sight ol one ('ve, by the severity of the in- '
tlictimis to which she had been subjected-
The Lord Mayor—l shall most w il ,: ll|ir _ j
Iv receive contributions for her ben. q,
I am sure that the call will ' c S()(lll an .
sweinl. I never Itcatd bt, m-;v thing so
truly dread’ttl in till’.My experience.
rom die Richmond llmpiirvr.]
f'lc Vai.er N<>u<y P<,uct—against the
i Constitution, the Latesand the People.
i The history of the rise and progress of the
modern Whig party should us to watch
and beware of those who •.’sstintc to tliemstlves
new names. Why is it, that some of our friends
have assumed the appellation of “ Co-.xsr.m A ■
rives,” and what is it, that entitles them to that
designation ? They cannot claim to be the ex- ;
i elusive conservatives of the Col stitutic.n, and
■ of the democratic principles upon w hich it is
based; for, if that were the case, they would be
j content to bear the good old name of Demo
crats, or Democratic Republicans, and wot Id
, be proud to sustain withal! their might, :i Dem-
■ ocratic President, who has staked ins political
' existence upon the Constitution as it is written
and upon governmental measures which look to
the protection and security of the rights and in
terests of the great mass of the jtopic. Such
is the noble stand taken by President Van Bu
ren in his recent Message. His enemies arc
challenged to show w herein he lias offended a-
1 gainst the. Constitution, or warred against the
rights of any portion of the community. They
; may tax their ingenuity for tricks and devices
to cheat the people, and to i xcite prejudices a-
: gainst tVe measures which he has' proposed.
They may brand him as a Loco l-’oco. or by
i what other new fangled name they please but
they cannot point Io a single instance in which
he has derogated from the Constitution, or from
the ancient faith of the Democratic Republican
party. Why then have these “Conset vo
tives” ass’ined this new name, to distinguish
them from those who cordially support titis Ad
ministration I They tell us, that they aie
“ Conservatives of existing institutions.” V, hat
existing institutions? Why, a confederation of
Banking Corporations unauthorized bv the Con
stitution, and expressly repudiated bv its fra
mers. 'This would be bad enough, even if the
President had menaced the existerce of these
institutions. But as be has neither done nor
i recommended any such thing, but on the con
trary has denied to the General Government
, the right to do any such thing, has strenuously
advised that they be let alone, and left to the
control of the State Governments, which alone
have the right to control them, it follows, that
the honor claimed by this “ third party” for be
,jug Conservatives of the Banks, is without
foundation. Os w hat, then, are thev conserva
tors? Let facts answer. Certain Banks were
selected during the late administration to keep
and use the public monies, and to perforin for
the Government certain duties, to the faithful
performance of which they bound themselves
by contracts. They have notoriously failed to
perform those duties, have openly violated their
solemn engagements, and have suddenly bank
, runted tlie Government with millions of surplus
\rcvcnue confided to their custody. Having
I thus forfeited the confidence reposed in them
I cut themsetris loose from the Covcrnment, and
left it bankrupt, the President Las called Con
gress together to extricate the nation from the
difficulties into which we are thus plunged.
What measures has he recommended? Has he
i called upon Congress to crush the Banks? No.
: Has he advised that they shall be punished
without mercy for their misdeeds, or even that
their obligations to the Government shall be
suddenly enforced ? No such thing. But he has
: simply advised that the Government shall profit
I by experience, and hereafter mind its own bu
; siness, and take care of its own money, leaving
j the States to manage their own institutions in
•'mir own way. He contends, that the Govern
’ meat >n T : ’ ,n;l g c > <”>ght to manage, its
! own matters, anJ ?’“' SCS a ß ai, ‘ ,0 inv ? k ? ,lIC
aid of Banks, which have u .ys jhetr mt-
faithfitlncss and their unfitness as list... n<r<
Here is the sum and substance of his offending ;
j and for this he is deserted by these Conserva-
I lives, still professing to be his friends, though
j leagued with the paper money power in wt rriitg |
against him. A cm.federation of Banks, stand- i
jingout in open violation of the Constitution
j and Laws, and in daring disregard of the rights ■
j and power ol the people, after having rendered ■
unavailable forty millions of the people’s mo- i
noy, still contend for the privilege of issuing |
irredeemable paper, compelling the Govern
ment and the people to take it as money, and
modestly insist, that they alone are fit to be
trusted with the public purse. And it is these
alarming powers and privileges, claimed bv the
paper money pow-er, that this li nem jz-v/Yv” wish
“ to preserve without loss or detriment,” and
(hence their title to the appellation of “ Con
i xervatives.” trod preserre the people from the.
j machinations of such “ Conservatives !”
Mr. Editor—The views of the President
! have been palpably misrepresented by some of
■ his friends, who arc resorting to the most unfair
I means to prejudice the people against the Sub-
I 'Treasury and hard money systems. 'To my
astonishment, 1 have seen some, who call them
selves Democrats, attempting to hold the Ad
ministration accountable for the depreciation of
Bank paper, and telling the people, that if this
Sub-Trcasurv system be adopted, they will be
made to bear the burthen of paying a premium
upon specie, for the use of the (Government and
office-holders, whilst they (the people) .are to
be compelled to receive depreciated paper for
their labor. In the name of honesty and truth,
how can any honest man of any party put up
such a plea as this against Martin V'an Buren
or any of his measures? It is notorious, that |
the very moment that the banks suspended the j
payment of specie, their notes depreciated from ;
10 to 20 percent. 'Twist and mystify th- mat- ’
ter as you may, it is the fault of the Banks, 1
and ot those who have, apologized for them anil
sustained them in violating their obligations,
that Bank paper lias depreciated, and that the
people arc burtliened with that depreciation.
And all this clamor that we bear about the
“ high premium upon specie” is a barefaced
oheat, to make us bear our burthens peaceablv,
or to throw the blame upon a Republican Ad
•miiiistration. .Specie is the constitutional mea
sure of value, ami no government under the
( sun can ever make irredeemable bank paper
; eqvivalent to specie. Every attempt to do so,
I by h gislulion, anthotizing the Banks to violate
ST A IIA III) OF SIMON
'heir obligations, tends but to destroy confi
dence boil! m Gnvermm nt am! Banks, and to
sink lower and lower the < tcdil of both, and tlie
i alite o( their paper. So far then f,,,,,,
mg this, or the preceding Administration sot
.be (Wils of an unsound emrenev, truth and jus-
Ihttl WC give t„ the hattl money
ixdu’t ami tts friend, ,! le , )( - s . |vi|pr (| ;
'com even worse disasters than (l ose we "are i
now encountering. To the hard mom V policy I
ot Andrew Jamison we are main!'- indebted
Im increas.ngom’ stock of specie from thirty to
eighty midtons of dollars. And but for the hard
nmney system, y-ltich has been pursued since
i.tesuspen mu of specie payments l,y the Biuil-s' I
'he <> 'I k Conservatives, shin-pltster ■ v ’ '
: '? d “"-'ncenl rebels,” y llU td nm h 7 ., <- i
tic enough circulation for , i! 1
transactions. The f-nb-T- ... 0 "’ sln:ll 'est .
the hard monev polic- T'D’ stem, and .
ami di-bursite. op. ‘ ,c tecmv.ng.
ermnent, soff r '" '! !P fa! Gov-
ip. ( . t ‘ • r>l " compelling the people to
Currency than is'allow ed to the I
' .’"’•■cmt and it-, effects, as is totimlly as
- 1 ' ->d, tends to keep haul money in cit eolation ;
io produce a “ better currency',” both for the i
Government and People, than the schemes of!
our self-styled “ Conservatives” can ever pro- !
ducc. The people Lave a right, tinder the ;
( onstitui’mn, to receive gold and silver for their I
labor. Nothing e'se cm be made a legal leu- !
'!er, in the payment of debts. The hard money 1
policy tends to secure these constitutional rights I
to the people; whereas, our Bank Conserva-I
lives would plum both Government and People
at the mercy of the paper money power, which
is now standing out in open violation of the
Constitution and Laws, lawlessly and slyly tax
ing the honest and industrious* classes" of the
community, with the losses of the bankers I
schcemers ana cpcculators.
I intended to have commented upon the pre-■
tended impossibility of adhering al this time to
the hard money system, which the Banks have
suddenly forced upon the Government. But I
have not now the time to do more than make
one or two additional remarks. If our mer
chants can raise the specie to pay their foreign
debts, can they not do so to pay their debts at
home ? If they can buy goods in Europe, and
pay specie for them, surely they might pay the
duties upon the those goods in specie. It is
admitted, that since the suspensipn of’ specie
payments, from six to eight millions of dollars,
pjobably more, have been exported to pay for
eign debts, and buy foreign commodities. Would
( no, that amount have been well nigh sufficient
[ to.have carried sit the receiving and disbursing
■ operations of the National Treasury, since the
' Kith of May? But, according to the creed of
■ the paper money power, national honor requires
i that foreign debts must be paid, foreign interests
must be fostered, even at the hazard of rebellion
1 and national bankruptcy at home.
A DEMOCRAT IN EARNEST.
I From the Cincinnati Daily Gazette.
j PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS.
There have been, since the organization of
I our government, Thirteen i'rcsideniial Elcc
\ lions. '1 he follow ing is a correct statement of
j the number of votes received by each principal
j candidate, for President and \ ice I’resinimt, at
■ each of said elections; and it will be found on
| examination to have been compiled from good
' authority.
I First Flection, 1.88.—N mber of Electors
69. George Washington received 69 votes ;
i John Adams 34; and John Jay 9. Washing
| ton was elected President, and John Adams
; X ice President.
Second Election, 1792. Number of Elec
' tors 135. George Washington received 132
votes ; John Adams 77, and George Clinton
; 50. \'t ashington and Adams were both re
. elected.
Third- Election, 1796. Number of Electors
: 138. John Adams received 71 vo'es; Thomas
j Jefferson 69; Thomas Pinckney 59. and
Aaron Burr 30. A lams was elected Prcsidnt,
and Jefferson Vice President.
Fourth Election, J 800.—Number of Electors
138. 'Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr re
ceived each 73 votes: John Adams 65, and
| Charles D. Pinckney 64. As there was no
j choice of President in the College of Electors,
I the election devolved on the House of Repre
sentatives, and after balloting 36 times, Jeffer
son wtts elected by a majority of one State.
Burr was elected \ ice President.
i 'lfth Election, 1804.—Number of Electors
; 176. The present plan of voting separately
! for Paesident and Vico President was now
i adopted.
I Thomas Jefferson received 162 votes for
President; Charles C. Pinckney 14. George
i Clinton received 162 votes for Vice President,
and Rufus King 14. Jefferson and Clinton
were elected.
| Sixth Election, 1808.—Number of Electors
J 176. James Madison received 122 votes for
President, and Charles C. Pinckney 47. Geo.
! Clinton re -l ived 113 votes for Vice President,
( and Rufus King 47. Madison and Clinton were
! elected.
Seventh Election, 1812.—Number of Elcc-
I tors 217. James Madison received 12§ votes
| for President, aud De Witt Clinton 89. El
• Gariy received 131 votes for Vice
President ' ' d Ingersoll 86. Madison
and Garry were elects. • j . „ r .
Eighth Election, 1817.— r 01 El
tors 217. James Munroe received 183 vd...**
for President, and Rufus King 34. Daniel D.
'Tompkins received 183 votes for Vice Presi- !
dent, and John E. Ilowatd 22. Monroe and I
Tompkins were elected.
IMnth Election, 1820.—Number of Electors i
232. James Monroe received 131 votes fori
| President, and Daniel D. Tompkins 218 for!
j Vice President.
Tenth Election, 1821. Number of Electors
: 261. Andrew Jackson received 99 votes for
President; John Q. Adams 84; William 11.
I Crawford 41, and Henry Clay 37. As neither
i candidate had a majority, the election was car
ried into the House, where John Q. Adams,
j having received the votes of 13 States out of
; 23, was elected President. John C. Calhoun
received 192 electoral votes for Vice President ;
N. Sandford 30, and Nathaniel Macon 24.
: Calhoun was elected Vice President.
Eleventh Election, 1828.—. Number of Elec
tors 261. Andrew Jackson received 178 votes
lor President, and John Q. Adams 82. John
C. Calhoun received 171 votes for Vice Presi
! dent, and Richard Rush 83. Jackson and Cal
houn were elected.
'/ wclfth Election, 1832. Number of Elec
tors 288. Andrew Jackson received 219 votes
lor President; Henry Clay 49; John Floyd
11, and \\ m. Wirt 7. Martin Van Buren re
ceived 189 votes for Vico President; John
Sargeant 49 ; Win. Wilkins 30; Henry Lee
11, and Amos Ellmaker 7. Jackson and Van
Buren were elected.
'Thirteenth Election, 1836.-—Number ol
Electors 164, (including those of Michigan.)
Martin Van Huron received 170 votes for
President; William 11. Harrison 72; Hugh L.
White 26; Daniel Webster 14, and M illie I’.
Mangum 11. Richard M. Johnson received i !
votes for V ice Presidon’ ; Francis Granger 77 ;
John 'l'ayler 47, and William Smith 23. As
neither of the candidates for Vice President
received a majority of electoral votes; and as
Richard M. Johnson and Francis Granger re
ceived more votes than any other two, the
Senate proceeded to elect one of these candi
dates Vice President. In the Senate Richard
M. Johnson received 33 votes, and Francis
Granger 16. Nan Buren and Johnson were
elected.
kt it I’lEf y —vis (Si fl o.is’.jriiss...K’<yst
HOUSE OF REPRESENT\'Ti\ i;s.
TtiL'rtSD tv, Octobers.
N.VIIoX.Ai. HANK.
The Hous? proceeded to the consider
ation of the following resolution, teported from
the Committee of Ways and Means on the
25th in., taut, it being the business next in or-
I der.
Resolved, That it is inexpedient to charter
a national bank,
Mr. Wise had moved to amend this resoht
l'”’., by adding thereto, the following, “at this
I time.”
“And be it further resolved, that it will be
1 expedient to estalili.'.h a national bank whenever
. there is a clear miiiifeslation of public senti
ment in favor of such a measure.”
The question pending was the motion of Mr.
Seigeant Io commit the resolution to the Com
, millin’ ofthe Whole, on the state of the Union.
Mr. Bynum, who was en itled to the floor,
i said lie had not risen on yesterday, so much
' with the intention of making a speech, as toex
i press his hearty concurrence in the sentiments
: expressed by the honorable gentleman from
(Georgia, (Mr. Glascoik,) and the honorable
■ "entlcman from New Vork, (Mr. Clark,) and
j he exceedingly regretted that it became the du
; ly of the Chair to interpose and arrest the re
-marks of those honorable gentlemen, kn wing
I that they would have been able to place the
- subject in a clearer point of view than it was in |
his power to do. He also rose to express his 1
astonishment at the < xtraordinary course pursu- !
ed by the gentleman from Pennsylvania, (Mr. I
Sergeant,) in moving to commit the resolution 1
to a Committee of the Whole on the state ofj
I the Union, after having been indulged by the!
j House for three or four days in succession, in (
(lecturing the House and Administration, and I
eulogizing—almost delivering a funeral sermon:
over the corse of the dead monster—the bank, j
After all this, it appeared to him strange that!
the gentleman should conceive it to be his duty ;
Ito the prejudice of those who feel it to be thc : r j
■ duty to oppose a recharter ofthe United States j
I Bank, to move to commit the resolution to the ■
(Committee of the Whole, thereby depriving'
i them of the opportunity of defending themselves
I or replying to the arguments adduced by the !
gentleman, because it is well know that the rules
prevent a member in Committee ofthe Whole !
from replying to arguments made in the House. '
Ho hoped the House would not adopt the mo-
i tion made by the gentleman from Pennsylvania, I
( for this reason: that this gentleman had raised'
the hue and cry about the distresses under which
( the country was laboring ; when, in his opinion
( if there wasany distress in this country, it bad,
sprung from the action of that profligate and
monstrous institution, the Tank of the United
States, lie believed it was the Pandora’s box !
which had been the cause of all the complaints,
all the evils, and all the distresses, of which we
have heard so much on this floor. He. hoped !
the question might be taken at the present ses
sion of Congress, so that the country might be j
put at rest in relation to it. Let"gentlemen
| come up to the question, and toe the mark. Let
the question be decided in the Bouse, and not
; seiitlto the Committee of the Whole, where no
( vote can be taken on it, and where discussion
will only add to ths distresses which already
exist. In his humble opinion, there could -be
nothing which would afford more solid and sub
stantial relief than a’decision of this House, that
will show to those who make complaints of dis- ■
tress, and ring the changes on the word panic, i
•that their favorite project is hopeless ; that a!
( United States Bank cannot be chartered bv the I
( Congress of the United States ; and that it was
in vain for them to be indulging themselves with
the hope that it can. The sooner this was done i
the better it will be for the people of the coun-
( try. In his opinion, if we intend to act in good
faith to the people, and do any thing for the re
lief of the people of the country, and the dis- 1
tresses of that people, the very first thing we !
should do would be to determine whether the
( i stablisbment of a United States Bank was to
be expected by any party in the country; to
i settle and fix the question finally, so that the
(people of the country and the capitalists ofthe
j country might know what to do. He had no
! doubt that theie was a great deal of capital now
held up which would be invested in other bttsi-
I ness, if this question was determined ; and why
! not determine it at once, and put it at rest?
| Gentlemen, in support of their motion to refer
this resolution to the Committee ofthe Whole,
i say they want a discussion of the subject. Why'
do they not know that it lias been discussed’
I from year to year for the last six years, through
out the whole country, and in both branches^of
Congress? Do they not know that it has been
(discussed in both brandies of Congress at tlie
( present session, on almost every subject which
' has been brought forward ? Have we not heard
( the ditties which have been sung in this House
( by the gentlemen from Pennsylvania, in eulogy
of their favorite institution. And do gentlemen
not know that this subject has been discussed un-
( til a large majority ofthe people of tlie country
I turn away from it with loathing and disgust? It
has been decided at the ballot box that a ma
j jority of the people of the country were oppo-
- sed to the establishment of a national bank ;
: and he wished to be permitted to tell gentlemen
that they mistook the intelligence, virtue, and
I patriotism of the country, if they expect bv this
' protracted discussion of the question, to drive
' them from their opposition to a Bank of the U.
•■'asin vain for them to expect to rivet the
t . I '“' "ng from that institution, cn
I chains whichhau ’
I the necksof the people ; ana 10
ter was decided, tho better for the counti
it will put at rest ail agitation and turmoil.
j The President of the United States has been
! accused of taking an extraordinary course, and
of endeavoring to forestall public opinion, by,
' the very consistent guntiemen ofthe opposition.
He has been denounced and declaimed against
I by those who deal in declamation, for the ex
traordinary and high handed course he has pur-
' sued : and it will be recollected by every gen
tleman here, that those who now denounce him
for throwing out his opinions ia advance, de
nounced him two years ago because of bis non
committalism. These gentlemen then said
that he was non-committal on every thing—l
that he would never toe the mark—that he
would never go in advance of public opinion,!
but always follow af.er it. Now, however,
they say the President has introduced both
reckless and extraordinary measures, and they
denounce him for endeavoring to forestall pub
lic opinion. All these arguments and dedun- |
ciations should be fairly met, and he would ask |
the gentleman from Pennsylvania, whether the!
friends of the administration would Lave the
opportunity of answering him in Committee of
the Whole? because the gentleman well knows
it is against the rule to reply to arguments
made in the House. He wished to see a direct
and early vote upon the subject. The peo
ple of the country require it. They want
to know what prospects there are "for the
re-charter of a national bank, so that they may
know what Io expect. He did not believe there
was any gentleman in this (louse who was ini
mical to the establishment of a national bank,
who desired to avoid the question by referring
it to toe (-omniittee of the W hole. Every in
dividual who was at heart hostile to a re-charter
of the kank, must be disposed to keep the sub
ject in tho house, and not to permit it to go to
the Committi’o ofthe. Whole, where it may Ik? i
discussed to the end of the session without com- ,
ing to tiny conclusion thereon. Gentlemen
have talked a great deal about skulking and
dodging questions; but he would ask who over :
saw such dodging tts there lias been «n this
: question. Gcntlemdn desired not only to dodge
the question, but to dodge behind tho rule?
ol the House to save themselves from havin'
their arguments answered, mid their denuncia
tions exposed.
It was easy to make assertions, but it was not
so easy to prove them; therefore, gentlemen
endeavor to shield themselves by having the sub
ject referred to the Committee of the Whole.
Let the American people see what party sup
port a N itional Bunk; letthemsee theirstrength,
and what prospect there is for them to succeed,
jmd tlii.-y will be satisfied. The farming ami
’mechanical interests arc now satisfied. Who.
then, are making all these complaints? It is
the bankites, the rag Larons, and the stockjob
bers. 1 hese are the men who tire endeavoring
to render the Government unpopular with the
people, and make them discontented with theii j
country. Tlie rapid strides which the Bank is
making for almost universal dominion in Ameri
ca, warns us oi the necessity of letting the coun
try anti the world know its fate as soon as pos
sible. We have heaid but recently of this in
stitution sending an agent to Europe, perhaps to
interfere with our commerce. Every day ad
monishes tts of the danger of the Bank ; and
shall we longer sit by and encourage agitation,
and add to its power of doing injury to the coun
try? IL- hoped that the democracy of the
House would give it as their opinion to the de
mociacy ofthe country, and to the agricultural,
mechanical, and laboring interests of the cotin
i try, that it was inexpedient to establish an in
i stitution which had declared war upon the coun
i try, and stood out against the sovereignty ofthe
people themselves. Let them know this; let
' the world know it, and we will hear but liltlc of
j this distress which has been so long sounded in
( our ears. If, however, this subject is kept in
agitation before this House and the country, the
■ cry ol distress, and panic, anil confusion will be
■ kept up, the President will be denounced, and
‘ a Bank of the United States will be held up as
, the only panacea for the country. Gentlemen
I could not suppose we arc ignorant of the game
: they are playing. They tell us the lime has not
I arrived for introducing the subject of a Nation
'al Bank. But what do they mean by this?—
They mean that they do not want it condemn
ed ; they do not want the true voiceof' the peo
ple spoken on this subject, because they know
it would be against them.
He hoped that no one who was opposed to
| the re-charter of this institution would hesitate
in voting to reject the proposition submitted by
| the gentleman from Pennsylvania,'to refer this
resolution to the Committee of the Whole oi> the
state of the Union.
Air. Cushman said, that believing every gen
tleman to have made up his mind on the ques
tion in relation to the expediency of chartering
a National Bank, and that the state ofthe pub
i lie business would not permit of its further dis
cussion, he moved the previous question.
f Mr. Il aynes moved a call ofthe House, which
was ordered, and the roll having been called
over, and 195 members answeredto their names.
. Air. Alorgan moved to dispense with all fur
ther proceedings under the call, which was a
greed to.
( The previous question was then seconded—
ayes 83, noes 80.
Air. Reed called for the yeas and nays, on or
j dering the main question, which were ordered,
and were, yeas 101, nays 101.
The Chair voted in the affirmative, so that
the main question was ordered tv be now put.
Air. Clark inquired if it would now be in or
( der to move to lay the subject over until to-
I morrow.
I The Chair replied that it would not be in or
der, the main question being now ordered to
be now put.
The main question was then reported as fol
lows :
Resolved, That it is inexpedient to charter a
( National Bank.
Air. \\ ise called for the yeas and nays on the
( main question, which were ordered, and were,
yeas 122, nays 91.
So the resolution was agreed to.
Messrs. Blair and Rives :
Nou are respectfully requested to state in
your paper, that the undersigned, having been
casually absent when the question was taken
this morning or. the resolution “that it is inex
pedient to charter a national bank,” would, if
they had been present, have voted in the affir
mative. l ours, etc.
Robert AlcClellan, John Chaney,
Henry \ ail, Henry A. Foster,
■ Amasa J. Parker, R. Boon,
John J. DeGraff, A. P. Grant,
'Joseph Weeks, Isaac IL Bronson,
' James Farrinton.
( October 5, 1837.
STATE RIGHTS .and UFITED STATES
RIGHTS.
"'The friends ofthe Union are our friends,and its
enemies, our enemies.”
: ; i Dti HT'iti.a.Las
'S i USORIVIING, OCT,, 17.
THE DIE is v-'- ST '
The returns of the Governor’s ElecßP l * - Ie
so nearly in, that no further doubt remains of
the success of Air. Gilmer.
'The result of this election has astonished in
telligent men of all parlies, and Air. Gilmer
himself, perhaps, more than any one else.
With a Union majority of several thousand
in the State, tho Union candidate has been de
feated by a combination of circumstances and
interests which rarely occur. But as they are
us ll understood by our readers, it would avail
nothing, to recapitulate them, now that the
struggle is over. The past is gone, and our
business is to look to the future.
In that view, the enquiry presents itself, un
der what banner does Air. Gilmer come into of
fice? Does he assume the responsibility of the
high trust, as a Nullifier or a Union man?
He was nominated, it is true, by a conven
tion of Nullifiers—not, as we think, because of
a coin’idence of opinions between them and
himself, but as the most available candidate ;
as one standing upon ground so equivocal, that
he could be as well recommended for his adhe
sion lo Union principles, as for his belief in
the doctrines of Nullification; and thus Ins he
been played oil’ upon the people.
The time is, however, at band, when he must
stand forth in his true character; and judging
from all the circumstances under which ho has
gained his election, it must be a difficult ques
tion for him to decide; having in the first place
received a Nullification nomination, and in the
second, a Union endorsement.
For our own pint, we cannot prelend to fore-
tell what course’hi) will take; nor is it a matter
in which we led the slightest ititercsl. lie
tween those of the two' parlies who have made
him Governor, we leave the settlement of this
juestion.
It remains to be determined wltethcr lie is to
betaken upon the faith of his makers or pfi
lorscrs; and appearing upon bis face as a Nul
iifier, with tho endorsement of “UNION
MAN AT HEART,” on his back, we leave
the decision to time and circumstances.
We deem it unnecessary to fill our paper
any longer wills election retui for Governor, as
■ it is impossible to arrive at a correctstatenicut iui
lil they are laid before the Legislature; after
which, we will give the exact vote frmn each
comity.
So far as received, we subjoin tho names of
members returned to the Legislature. Those
first mentioned are Senators. 'The names of
the I nion members are in italics.
Appling—Hall, Smith. i
Baker—Holmes, Colley.
Bibb—McDonald, J. B. Lamar, IL G. La
mar.
Baldtcin Harris, Kenan, 1 fammoKd.
Butts—McDaniel, IVcaver, Goodman.
Burke— Lawson. Grubbs, Patterson, Hurst
Bryan— Smith, Alaxwell,
Bulloch—-Cone, IF ilkinon.
Cherokee- Camden : Ford.
Campbell. Cochran, Green, Camp.
Carroll. Haynes, Cobb, Aictry.
Cobb. Guess, Mays. .
Cass. Mays, Barnett.
Chatham—McAllister, Myers, Shaffer,
Goodwin.
Clarke— Mitchell, Stroud, Barnett, Moore.
Columbia — Avery, Robertson,Gunby, Sta
pler.
Crawford —King, Colbert, Carr.
Coweta—Echols, Grier, Dye.-.
Dccftur. Corrie, Chester, Burton.
DeKalb—Wilson, Evans, Lemon, J. M.
Calhoun.
Dooly. Key, Bowen.
Early. Patterson, IVarrA
Effing ham— Alorgan, R h a n.
Emanuel— AlcGar, Drew.
Floyd. Wells, Lambert.
Franklin. Cleveland, Neal, R. Mitchell
Jones.
Forsyth. Strickland, Hays,
l-'ayette. Stell, Whitaker, Landrum.
Greene. -Janes, Moslev, Cone, J. E. King.
Gwinnett— Garman v, Winn, Pitt man, Shipp,
Reed.
Gilmer. Cooper, Price.
Herd. Broicn, Dobson.
Habersham. Trammell, Cleveland, Carr,
Sanford.
Hancock— lngram, Culver, Smith, Hudson.
Hall—Dunagan, Ilardage, Clark, Payne,
Whelchek
Henry—Varner, Johnsen, Coker, Camp.
Harris— Murphey, Jones, Mahone,
Houston—Lawson, Hunter, Kelly, Joiner.
Irwin—Slone, Young.
Jasper— Hill, Newton, Pi ice, Robinson.
Jackson—Burns, Chandler, Penticost,Hor
ton.
Jones—Hutchings, Day, Gray, Renfroe.
Jefferson — Smith, Boyd, Caswell.
Lee— Lawson, Greene.
Laurens— Wright, Allen, Hampton.
Lumpkin— O' Bar,Crane.
Madison— Polk, Strickland, DanieL
Mclntosh—Powell, McDonald, King.
Monroe—Chapman, Turner,Dmnt, Parker,
Garr.
Morgan—¥\oyd, Ogilsby, Peoples, Stal
lings.
Muscogee— Colquett, Campbell', Watson.
Newton— M illiamson, Harris, Henderson,
Wilson.
Oglethorpe—W\vdemnn, Winn, Hill, Mc-
Kinley.
Panld ing—A du ir, Pollard.
Pike—Pryor, Eppinger, McDowek
Putnam-— Hudson, Meriwether, Branham
Steele.
Pulaski—Halstead, Jelks, Colver.
Randolph—Conyers, Moye.
Richmond— Aliller, Jenkins, Crawford, W.
J. Rhodes.
Stewart—Kitchens, Ball.
Scriven— Black, Prescott, Conner.
Sum ter— Co w art, Me Cra ry.
Telfair —Rogers, Frier.
Troup-— Haralson, Dougherty, BuL.
Twiggs—Pearson, Solomons, Fitzpatrick.
Talbot—Powell, Cox, Duke.
Taliaferro—Gresham, Stephens, Darden.
Upson— Gibson, Blount, Meadow.
Wilkinson—Bell, Rivers, Hatcher.
Wilkes—Smythe, Brown, Bolton, Toombs.
Washington— Curry, Floyd, Warthen r
Jones.
tValton—Echolls, Stroud, Moon, Bryant.
1 Farren— Lock hart, Durden,Rogers,Frank
lin.
Walker— Faris, McFarland.
FLORIDA WAR.
Our gallant fellow citizen, Col. Twiggs, of tfia
I . S. Army, arrived iu this city on Saturday last,
ou his way to Florida. Yesterday about 10 o'-
clock, a corps of the 2d regiment of Dragoons,
belonging to tho regular service, from Jefferson
Ljirracks, near St. Lovis, (Missouri,) amounting
to near four hundred, reached this place, and wilt
Dave hero to day or to morrow, under tho com
mand of Col. Twiggs, to join the forces destinoif
to operate against the Scmin iles in the approach
ing campaign. Alay victory perch upon their
standard I
by the Governor.— Obadiah
Echols, Esq. of Newtpii County, has been ap
pointed by the Governor, Surveyor General, in
place of Dr. John Brewster, resigned.
UNITED STATES BANK.
The question of Bank or no Bank is finally
settled in Congress.
The vote upon the resolution, “ that it Is in
expedient to establish a National Bank,” has
passed the House of Representatives by a de
cided majority, it having been previously set-.
tied in the Senate, by a vote of two to one.
In this contest, the course of some distin
guished men has greatly astonished the public.
Air. Senator King has gone in for the Bank with
all his energy, while Air. Calhoun has taken a,
decided stand against it. In the course of Mr.
King, the Union party have been mortified and
disappointed; and in the stand which Mr. Cal
houn has taken, the Nullifiers arc deeply cha
grined. The dificreuco between the two, is
plainly this: that while Air. King has gone over
o the enemies of bis former friends, Air. Cal
houn hasacted like a statesman.
We give, to-day, the proceed ngs of the
House, with the final vote tqion the. question.
The Now Orleans Bulletin of the 18th insk
lias the following paragraph:—We learn bv u
gentleman just from Toxas, that William |(,
Wharton, Esq. the Minister from Texas (o the
United States, who was captured last spring by
a Alexiean man-es-war, has made his escape
from Alatamoras and arrived tn Texas.