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COLUMBUS SENTINEL AND HERALD. vSI. x.] PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MOR7IIXO BY JOSEPH STURGIS. OS BHOAD STREET. OVER ALLEN AND VOUXO’S, m’istosh KOtV. i JiKAlS — Subscription, three dollars per an num payable in advance, or tour. dollars, (in all case . exacted) where payment is not made before ilic expiration of tire year. No subscription received for less than twelve months, without pay luent in advance, and no paper d.scontinued, except at the option ot the Editors, until all arrearages are paid. ADVERTISEMENTS conspicuously inserted at owe dollar per one hundred words, or less, fir the tirst insertion, and titty cest? for every subse quent continuance. Those sent without a specifica tion of tho number of insertions, will be published until oriired out, and charged accordingly. 2d. Yearly advertisements. —For over 24, and not exceeding S6 lines, fifty dollar* per annum ; for ovr 12, an I not exceeding 2t lines, tkirlij-Jive dollar* per annum ; for less ttian 12 lines, twenty dollars per annum. 3d. All rule and figure work double the above piices. Legal Advertisements published at the usual rates, and with strict attention to the requisitions ol the lav/. All Sales regulated by law, must be made before the Court House door, between the hours of 10 in the morning and 4 in the evening—those of Land in the county where it is situate ; those of Personal Property, where the letters testamentary, ol admin istration or of guardianship were obtained—and are required to be previously advertised in some public Gazette, as follows: She rites* Sales under regular executions for thir ty davs. under mortgage fi fas sixty days, before the d.iv of sale. Sales of I. and and Negroes, by Executors, Ad ministrators or Guardians, for sixty day* before the day of sale. Sales of Personal Property (except Negroes) forty DAYS. Citations bv Clerks of the Courts of Ordinary, upon a fPLtcATtON tor letters of administration, must be published for Ttti rty j> a is. Citations upon application for dismission, bv Executors, Administrators or Guardians, monthly for six MONTHS. Orders of Courts of Ordinary, (accompanied with a copy ol the bond or agreement) to make titles to land, must be published three months. Notices by Executors, Administrators or Guardians of npplicatio ito the Court of Ordinary for if avf to sell the Land or Negroes of an Estate, tour months. Notice bv Executors or Administrators, to the Debt ors and Ored’.ors of ar Estate, for six awkks. Sheriffs, Clerks of Court, .'lie., will lie allowed the usual deduction. *! p* Letters on business, must be post paid, to entitle them to attention. J 5 M. HUGHES, Attorney at Lnu>, Cuthbert G orgia. Jan. 25. 1840. 61 ts MAIV.SIOiV HOUSE. JAC O!) !> A!IK OW , MKSPKOTFULLY informs tin; public that lie lias opened a HOUSE in the business part ol llroad Street fir the accommodation of Travellers, and has built new stables on his o.in lot by the solici tation of his customers. March2l, 5 if OGLETHORPE HOUSE, > September 7, 1830. ) TSWM. P. McKKEN G. W. E. HKDELI. v w have associated themselves together for tin purpose of luaii.igmg and conducting tins establish ment, which has been fitted out in a neat and genteel style. Tlii- establishment is a large three story hi it K building, on the corner -of Oglethorpe and Randolpl streets, where the Post Office has been lately remo ved, and convenient for stage passengers, going to an. from, when opining and delivering the mail,and havi iitniil” time to gel their meals and rcliesimu'iits, whiel wnl a! wav ■; be orepurrd lor their accommodation. YVc have a >- i. . i’td ourselves, not only with the dispose Hon. but with tile ability to give general satisfaction tr nil of our tho mis who may favor us w ith a call. YVc deem it unnecessary to say much on this subject to those who . • acquainted with us, and those mine q tainted aauli us, are resjii cilully invited to try our on cr and satisfy themselves. Ills sufficient to say. that this establishment shall at ah limes be well fur nished, well arranged, well attended to personally by t o> proprietors, and kept free from riots, orunkentiv;> and is consequences, ami, in short, such attention will bo l>” .to'veil is will deserve public patronage. Sopt. 19 S3 if McKfiblN & BEDELL, ChJ.rnßllS HOTEL, 1*340. EpFVIe subscriber reepectuiliy informs ins friends and .cL the public generally, that he still continues to occupy the above establishment, where ho promises refreshment and comfort to the traveller amt border. Ills own personal attention will be given to bis busi ness, in which he hopes ao give general satisfaction, and share a liberal patronage amongst his brother chips. JESSE B. REEVES. Columbus, Ga., Jan. 21,1540. 51 ts C.YIIBiIMTBD OIL SODA WATER• rpTS -lE subscribers are now prepared to furnish their tl. customers and the public with (Carbonated or Soda YVater. Their apparatus is constructed in such a manner, and of such materials as to prevent the possibility of any uietaiic or dulenous impregnations. TAVLOIL & WALKER, Sign of the Golden Mortar, Broad st. Columbus. April 21. 10tf WARE HOUSE and commission business. TISIHE tin lersigned would inform his friends and JS_ tho public generally, that he will continue the above busui at his 01.1 Siand in Front street, oppo site the new brick building ot James H. Shorter, Esq. and that bis personal attention will he exclusively devo ted to the same. By strict attention thereto,he hopes t.i have a continuance of iho liberal patronage hereto fore bestowed upon him. lie will as usual attend to the sale of Cotton, from wagons or m store ; and from a general acquaintance with the purchasers and hue situation of the market, he believes lie can generally more than save the commission in the sale of cotton. VVM. I*. YoNGE, Columbus, Sept. 19, ls? 9,33 y He has in store for s lie, Liverpool and Bi >wn Salt in sacks, Chewing Tobacco and Segars, Cham.i ague Wine, ia baskets aud boxes, Bagging and Bale Rope OK, PRIMITIVE, PRACTICAL, BOTANICO XffjQ.UlOAXi SCHOOL, IsK-at <i seven miles Hast of Jiarion, tuar Hamburg ‘tf M uniting these several Medical Systems or modes JtL ol practice, l.)r. L>. R. TiiOM AS, the Principal of the School. begs leave to state, l'or the information of the adboted and public generally, that he has been many years engaged to the practice ot Medicine, suul has tl voted much of his lime, labor and practice, with many of the most intelligent and successtul German and Indian Doctors, both in the United States and Canada, to the treatment of acute and chronic dis cs os of every name, stage a,id tvpe, and of the most malignant character; and has, by practicing with them, acquired a thorough knowledge of ail their valuable secret Recipes ana manner of treatment, which is far superior to any thing known or taught in the Medical Schools, and which nas been successful, by the bles sings of the Almighty, in restoring to health, hundreds and thousands ot’ persons that had been treated for a number of years by many of the most learned and scientific Physicians of tiiedav, and pronounced to be entirely beyond the reach of remedy, and given over o die. Vet by theeimple,cffi :aciotts Vegetable Medi tcines, not poisons, they were snatched from t hi jaws of | tite gum monster, death, and restored to health, the greatest of ai! earthly blessings; for what is riches | and elegant dwellings, without'health to enjoy them. | Health is the poor man's wealth, and the rich man’s | bliss. To a man laboring under disease, the world is • little better than a dreary solitude, a cheerless waste enlivened bv no variety, a joyless scene cheered by it j social sweets; for file soul in a diseased body, like a martyr tri his dungeon, may retain Us value, but it has 10-t its usefulness. Will be added to ibis institution, as soon as the ne cassaty arrangements can be made, aa infirmary—-the old, hot, topt'd, shower, sulphur and the German, Rus sian and i'homsonian Medicated Vapor Baths; and everything that can possibly be of any advantage in icstori'-g the *ick to health, ot relieving suffering hu manity, will be promptly and constantly attended to; and where the student will learti by practical experi ence, (iha best kind of logic,.) ihe true pr inciples ot the hea ing art. Price of tuition will be j>doo, payable in adva ‘ce. All persons addicted with lingering and chron ic disca- js, (of anv name, state, stage or type, for we have b.V tied disease in a thousand forms,) who cannot convent Mitly apply in person, will send the symptoms of their liseases in wri’tng to Dr. B. R. Thomas, llambu. •, Ala., where Medicines will be prepared in the best manner ‘o suit each case. Although they may ha> 5 be?n of many years standing, and treated by a do* n different Doctor , it is no go >d reason tvhv they can >ot be cured bv’ the subscriber. Persons liv ing at a must expect to pa* for their Medi cineslwh i thev get them, as no Medicines will b sent from the office on a credit. [dj* ‘• .etters addressed to the subscriber will not be” taken om the otfioc, unless post-eanl. Nov. 1353 Drf B.R. THOMAS. THE copartnership heretofore existing under the firm of \Y ilson Cravey is dissolved this day by mutual consent of both. SANFORD T. WILSON. _ , . OWEN W. CRAVEY. Gillidn, July 14, 1840 23 ts _ COMMISSION BUSINESS. THc. subscribers have this day formed a connec tion, under the firm of ROWLAND & BAR SI OYV, for the purpose of transacting a GESEB” AL,COMMISSION BUSINESS in SAVAN NAH. 1 ar:,cular attention will be paid to receiving and forwarding Produce and Merchandise. They are not interested in any of the Transportation Lines, and assure their friends, that, in alica-es, such con veyances slull be selected as to promote their inter est. WILLIAM P. ROWLAND, ELIAS B. BARSTOWh Savannah. 26th June. 1549.-Jm6t-22 PHOENIX HOTEL, Lumpkin, Stewart County , Georgia. YJT’IHK subscriber having taken the above house, Ji situated on tne North East corner of the court 's ease square, formerly occupied by Mr. Beacham, tak< s pleasure in informing his friends and the public generally, that this nevv and commodious establish ment is now completed, and in every way fitted up f r tho accommodation of boarders and travellers : the sui.-o :S< r will give hi personal attention to the super vision of the house, and no pains or expense will be span a to render all comfortable who may favor him Avith a ca’! N. B. His stables are excellent and will at all times be bountifully supplied with provender, and attended by a .tea ly industrious and trusty ostler, who will at oh times bo in his place and subject to the commands of the visitor. GIDEON H. CROXTON. Jau 25 —o 1 -ts HOARDING, RS. LUCAS having taken that large and com- J_T Jii modi >us two-story house on Front street, direct ly o[ipo>ite Mr. YVin. P. Yonge’s residence, would be • 1 !:. :to accommodate a few respectable Boarders. None but those of strictly moral habits need anoly.— Terms to suit tho times. June 11, 1840. 17 ts NOTICE. fgpilE partnership of HARP & TRASK in Mus- Jil cogee county, was dissolved in Match, 1833, by mutual consent. March 14, 1840. 4tf THOMPSON’S UTERINE TRUSS. An effectual and radical cure for polapsus uteri . THE subscribers have taken the agency for the above valuable instrument, and have now on hand and will constantly keep a variety of patterns, kb.h tiny will s 11 at Manufacturer*’ prices. These Trus; •- are superior to any instrument of the kind ever invented, and a/e now extensively employed by som o! the most eminent practitioners in the United States. We annex the certificate of the late Professor Eberle, who used them with gteat success in his own practice. ‘ Cincinnati!i, Ohio. May 1 ith,” 1839. ‘1 hare carefully examined the Uterine Truss in vented by Dr. Thompson of tins Slate, and I can con fidently declare, that it is unoiiesiion l>!y the most perfect and useful instrument of the kind that has evei been offered to the public. It differs essentially in construction from the Utcro Abdeminal Supporter constructed by Dr. Hull, and is in all respects a far superior instrument.’ The subscribers have also received the agenev for Dr. Chase’s Improved Surgical Truss, which is uni ersa!iy admitted to be the most certain and lasting jure ever discoverer! for Hernia or Rupture. TAYLOR S; WAKER, Druggists, Sign of the Goideii Mortar, Lroad-st. Columbus. June 20, 1839. 26tf N THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. “tDSa/’H HR FAS, a bill has passed both branches of tf the General Assembly, changing the limes of hurling the sessions of the Legislature, from annual to biennia'; but whereas, it is proper on all occasions to ascertain the will ot ilie pimple, whenever it can be done without interfering with the ordinary course of legislation: Therefore He it r> solved 5 7 the Senate and House of ll .-prcsen tt hies of the Slate oj Georgia in General As tenthly met. u : l it is hereby enacted by the authority if the same. That on hie first Monday in October, 1840. lha voters of’ this Slate he requested to emlcuse on their ti he's, the words ‘• Annual” or “ Biennial .” as they may favor the meeting of the Legislature every year, or once w two years; and that 1 fie resolution be pub lished in the newspapers in this State for three months before tho first Me ad ay in October aforesaid. JOSEPH DAY, Spi ihrr of the House of Representatives. Attest — JosT.rii Stctigis, Clerk. In Senate, concurred in, 21 ~t December. 1839. ROBERT M. ECHOLS, President of the Senate. Attest —UNvid J. Bailey, Secretary. Approved December 34th. 1839. CHARLES J. M'DONALD, Governor. July 11 2! VALUABLE PLANTATION FOR SALE CONTAINING Two Hundred Two and a llal Acres of Land, mixed with oak and pine. There are eighty acres cleared. Also, a comfortable, dwel ling, with a!! necessary out offices, a good gin house and packing screw, a peach and apple orchard. The entire under good fence. It is situated within 4 miles of Columbus, joining the plantation formerly owned bv Thom; C. Evan-;, Esq. Persons wishing to pur chase cannot find a more desirable location than the one offered for sale by the subscribers. JOHN CODE, Dec. 6. 44tf JOHN QUIN FOR SALE HE tract of land, known as the Broken Arrow jtL Bend, on the Chat ohoochce river, seven miles below Columbus, on the Alabama side of the river, content fourteen hundred and forty-two acres, nine hun re I of which are eq ;al. if not superior, to any land 011 ihe river; writ five hundred aeics of cleared” land under good free and in a high state of cultivation; the balance of die tract is thin oak and hickory, and pine liiii ij, wi'h good water and healthv situations for residence, on winch part is a good house for an over seer aud negro houses for fify negroes. Prisons wish ing to purchase a river plantation would do well to ex amine it while the cron is grow in". JOHN CROWELL, Sen. Fort Mitchell, August 12, IS4O 26—ts LOOK AT THIS. IfU UNAWAY from tho subscribers, about, the first j lUIL March last, a negro man by name Presley, about forty years ot age, somewhat urey hair, very thin, or perhaps no hair on the top of the head, quite b'ack, eves small and deeply sunk iu the head, wide between the teeth, broad shoulders, and stoops, he is rather intelligent, though unprepossessing in appear ance. makes great profession of religion, and prays in public, every opportunity. Ho was in the neighborhood of Greenville. Meriwether county, some fifteen days after leaving this place; where he left on the 29th nit. takinir his wife with him, who belongs to Freeman McClendon, living near Greenville; she is by the name of Julia, twenty years of age, common size, a bright copp r color, and verv likely. It is believed lhat they were taken off by a white man, and probably travelling west in a gig, as such nformatiou reached Mr. McClendon. A suitable reward will be given for the apprehen sion of said negroes and thief who catriedthem awav, and information given to either of the subscribers. FREEAIAN McCL ENDON, JOHN C. MANGHAM. April 16.1940. __ 9tf TO THE SOUTH. 271 H. PETTIS, Counsellor at Lew, from O . 9 ramps Ooun’y, Virginia, having been located in the City of New Y ork, for the last e.gtit years, re specfiilly tenders his gralefu! acknowledg: rents to his friends in the ts mth, fi r thur confidence and patronage in various mains of business, and solicits their conti nuance. He has bad much experience, both in this State and that of Pennsylvania, in causing fugitive Slaves to be secured; and will continue to effect such objects, if possible, whenever called upon. His plans are so well matured, by having, at his command, the most llicien; aid. located at different points, and suc ces. fully harmonizing, that he canr.ot but flatter him- j sclfthoi he wi.l Lave more complete success, if possi ble, ;n future, than heretofore. In defiance of the Ab o’.itionists, ho can cause to be secured anv fugitive slave, w ho shall be north of Mason and Dixon’s line. There neither is. nor can there be. anv iaw of this or any other ts ate. v. i-ach can militate against the Fe deral Constitution, which authorises the master, or his regularly constituted .Agent to arrest his fugitive slave, take hi a before a Judge or Magistrate, prove property, and take him away. To the tnd therefore, it will be necessary for those who may wish the services of Mr. P., to forward him a Power of Attorney, duly execut ed, and minutely descriptive of the fugitive, anJ also a fee of twenty dollars to defray preliminary anti contin gent expenses. When the slave shall have been se cured and banded over to the master, one hundred dol lars additional charge wi I be made. Mr. Pettis will promptly and faithfully attend to any and all business confided to him, touching his profes sion. Al! letters.on business, must be post paid, to his adtiress. No. 3 W all street. X. I> The Southern papers generally would sub serve the interest of s!ave-ho!d*rs bv noticing the a- I b . ve . ‘ .Vetc Fork. JftSiS. *S4<*. ‘YVE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EYHDSNT, TEAT ALL MEN ARE BORN EQUAL.* COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 22, 1840. LIST OF LETTERS, REMAINING in the Post Office at Columbus, Ga., Ist August, 1640. A Atwood, F G & W H 2 A!li3on, Catharne, in Atwood, F(G care of T.lO. Parkins Adams, Mrs Henrietta Allen, Albert Aiiey, Nicholas Allen, Eariy Alexander, Hugh F Aldrich, James K Atwood, Win H 2 Aldnck, Daniel Allen, John A’.sobrock, Anderson Armstrong, Elizabeth Adamschrce, Frances Bradley, Wm Barrett, Dr Clement B Benniug, Rev T(J 2 Blossinger, Benj T Bates, H I Boykin, Francis Brown, Joseph T - Burt, Richard L Baldwin, D A Blackman, Janies Berry, YVm Blair, G W Booth, F F Baker,Benj H Bowen, Mrs Elizabeth Banks, W BaUenger, Joseph J 2 Beal, Martha Blake, Rev Frederick Brown, Isieal F Bruce, Robt H Eiennon, Rodger Brownchrs, Ann 2 Bondchr, T Burt, Wm Bright, Tnos W Britt, A C Bradley, Edward c Coleman, Margaret Conking, Wm Crouch,Chany Christian, Edward Crowell, John jr Cook, H Clarke, Miss Narcissa Conklin, Wm V Cox, Jarncs B Chamberlin, Richard Crump, E G Culberson. Wm Cooper, Janies Colquitt, Alfred Commissioners of Coro- Cox, VY'm II mou Schools ofMusco- Card, Daton T gee Coleman, James Chandler, WmC Cannafax, Wm Cox, David Clayton, P A Chapman, Wm Cobb, John Snorting Chapman, Samuel Cameron, C care of Jas. Cerveau, F Van Ness, PM Cushion, LR 2 D Dozier, Augusta Doley Francis Dor;on. Col Ilenry C Driggers, Mrs Ann Dales, Zachariah Day,MG Dav, Willie L Dunn, Axnm Dewell.Mrs Ann Z Deems, E'ijah Duncan, John S Dent, Richard II E Evans, Abram Evans, R K Eagan, Mrs Ely, Seaborn Estes, H Estes Eiland, Stephen Essex, John S F Field, Lawrence Frasier, John S Floyd, Mrs Tabitha Fortson, Lucy Freeman, Newton Fair, Larkin Freeman. Mrs Nancy Farmer, Rufjs Fagaur, Letty G Gill, Lewis H Guerry, Dr Peter Vjr 2 Gentry, Daniel H Granger, Barlow Godfrey, James G Griffin, Andrew B Glenn, Janies 2 Gideon, Mrs W Gunn, J Gray, Richard Giddms, Miss Eve'.in# Greenwood, Smith Gureri, Wm Granberry, E tier Geo Graves, John Gray, Hezekiah Green, George W Grantland, MIS3 E Granolas, J \V II Hill, E Haines, W Jr Hudson, S Hand, H ev T J Holstead, Mary A Hancock, James Hood, A Haines, L Herriugdine, Thos Haney, John Hudson, Eliza Harris, F D Harris, R H Hutchinson, R II Holt, C W Harp, Richard Harris, J N Hart, W Hays, Robert Holman, J B Halienbeck, B N Hearn, W llarp, J L Haughton, R J Hampton, J C Harris, JohnH Herron, W Holmes, Miss M B Hudson, J B Harris. Jas H Howell, N YV 2 Hill. J O Harper, Miss Elizabeth 2 Hicks, Francis V Hinson. M M I Iverson, Frances J Jefferson, Cos! D Jones,Selina Jaques, J B Jamison, R Johnson,.! F Johnson, Z Jones, Geo H Johnson. R Cx Jordan, A J Justice, D J care Johnson, F G E Calhoun, Jones, II T Jewett Jones, F C Johnson, W E K Ktrger, F Kimbrough, Frances Kay. Jersey la Lamar, J J Lent, And. Lamar, YV II Laney, Sarah Ann 2 Lloyd, John 13 M Moore, Martha 3M A Martin, G W Mitchell, J 2 Myrick, H Moore, R Martinez, A Murrell, Eliza Mathews,C I. M ore, John L Moore, Jas H Mendenhall, M T 3 Morgan, John W Moore, W B Marshall, Jordan Marshall, E B Melans, Henry McCrary, T G McElvy. Francis McMichael, Miss F McClesky, G A i McGruder, A McMichael, L McKay, John McClendon, W V YV McKay, Thomas N Nelson, J Nelson, A Norman, J S O Oliver, P Oliver, Berrien Owens, W H P Paradise, John Porter, H B Perrv, A Porter, Uriah Pride, John Preston, John Partrida, John 2 Pettigrue,J L Pace, Wm Jr Paradise, Ann Parkman, S Pardue, Jas A Park, EE 2 Powell, YV B Dr II Russell, A J Robinson, Richard Robinson, F J Robinson,Margaret Richards-, Jas Richardson, O J Richards. Jas or SJ or Reed, Elias YY’ra YY r ebsier. Rockmore, John Reed, Jas Reed, Sarah Robinson, F M Robinson,Col Sam’l Rowe, Miss Ann Riley, W II Rule, Charles Richardson, Silas Rutherford, A S 2 Rowling, Thomas Rodgers, Hubert Richards, Titos Russell, James Robertson, Margaret Richards, James Rivers, JohnG Rude, Col s Searing, S 3 Staggs, E B Simmons, Miss A Sims, John Smith, Mrs S YV Sears, John Sullivan, Wm Sibley, Jos S Sullivan, Jas Smith, Mary Ann 2 Sherman, Jas 2 Smith, YV G Stroud, Eli Stacto, Jas T Str ngfellow, R Sen Salfold, A G R Smahvvood, J L Stanley, Sealing Spear, Rev A Smith, L Smith, YV T Stanley. S Thompson, II B Tray wick, ; J M Thompson, M S Townsley. \ r S Tozr r, John Terry, A M Taylor, I!. H T erry, GYV Thornton. Richard Thomas, S Tilley, YV YV Tarver, E Taylor, M M Thornton, J M V Veligue, J L w Woodburn, Johu 3 YVynn.G YV Willard, B G YVi)iia.ns, S M Miss YVorthington, Webster, YV YVhitner, JM YVebster, Sarah F 2 .S llkerson, J M Wright, YV J Woodward, II YV Williams, J S YY’altrr, S H Whitten. A Weatherford. R YVilson, J YVhite & Stamper YVilliford, H YY'iilis. G YV West more, land, Jsns YVvciie, l’t Y\ vnn, Mrs C b YY imberly, YVfilard, Goorge Wiley, G D YY’arren, Joh J Wood, P V\ r onber;v, Gen P Walker. Martha A YYai'on. John YY'eathsrford, Rebtcca YY’are, Jor.n 11 Willing, Jas S JOHN SCHLEY, P. M. DISSOLUTION. THE copartnership heretofore existing under firm of Drs. CHIPLEA &l SCHLEY, is this dav Jissoivcd bv mutual consent. The books and accounts are in ihe hands of Dr. Schley, who is authorized to settle them. Persons indebted to the firm ore respect fully requested to caii as early as possible and settle. \V. S. CHIPLEY. WM. K. SCHLEY. [ Ju?v 23, iSl9* 24 *f From the Richmond Enquirer. INTERESTING CORRESPONDENCE, Between Citizens of Elizabeth City County , Va. and fdr. tVan Buren. We have the pleasure of laying before our readers this morning, a very frank and able letter from Mr. Van Buren, in reply to four citizens of Virginia. He developes his o pinions in relation to Abolitionism, the Taritf, Internal Improvements, and the Militia Bill of Mr. Poinsett. The last, portion of the letter is per fectly neYV and satisfactory. Mr. Van Buren explicitly declares, that the hill was not submitted to him before it was transmitted to Con gress—and lie moreover expresses in relation to the arming and train iwg’ofthe Militia, as every Republi can Yvould desire. He cruelly dis sipates the humbug of the vVhiga, on all these points; and this Whig Standing Army of 200,000 men, will scarcely enter the field of elec tioneering again. We recommend the letter to the attention of our rea ders—and we wonder very much, whether General Harrison has an swered the same interrogatories.— But he declares that he vvill not an swer such interrogatories, whether put by friend or foe. The little ma gician has waved his wand, and dis sipated also the panic humbugs which Mr. Clay attempted to raise out of this bill, in his speech at the last Hanover dinner. He need not he afraid, if Mr. V. B. be re-elected that he will press the bill—because it uppers to be no great favorite with him, or any of his friends in Congress. Let the perturbed spi rit of the Kentucky Orator, there fore, rest: Elizabeth City County , Va., June 12, 1840. Dear Sir —The prominent atti tude which you now occupy in re gard to the coming Presidential e lection, confers upon every voter of this widely extended Republic, how ever humble may be his condition, a right to inquire your views upon each one of those momentous ques tions which now agitate the public mind. Prompted, not by an impertinent curiosity, but solely by a desire of ascertaining, whether your views or those of Gen. Harrison coincide more nearly with our own, we are induced to propound to you the fol lowing questions, viz: 1. Will you, if re-elected Presi dent, veto any bill having for its ob ject, the abolition of slavery in the District oj Columbia; ‘or would you sanction any bill granting appro priations oj the public money, to any State, soliciting aid for the emanci pation of their slaves ? 2. Do you think that, at this time , the safety of the public money re quires a rechartering of the U. S. Bank; or would you sign a bdl char tering such an institution? 3. Are you in favor of preserving entire the Tariff Compromise ? 4. Would you sanction any bill grantimg appropriations of the pub lic money, for the purposes of Inter nal Improvement, by means of ca nals, railroads, fyc.? 5. Do you approve of M. Poin sett’s scheme for the organization of the militia ? The preceding questions have been proposed to Mr. Harrison.— Believing their decision to ho of vi ta! importance to the interests and institutions of the South, and hop ing you may conceive them to be of such consequence, as to merit an an swer, We are respectfully, your obedi ent servants, JOHN B. CARR, A. G. HUDGINS, M. D. THOMAS JONES, J. P. G. A. CARY. lion. M. Van Buren, President U. S. Washington. MR. VAN BUREN’S REPLY. Washington, July 31, 1840. Gentlemen —Official duties growiug out of the closing scenes of a great ly protracted session of Congress, added to those which are of daily occurrence, have compelled me to postpone to this time, a reply to your communication. You have not, gentlemen, in the course you have pursued, misjudg ed the extent of your o,vn rights, nor the importance of a free com munication of opinion between the constituent and a proposed repre sentative. The authority of the elector to call in good faith on the candidate for his favor, for art unre served avowal of his opinions in re gard to all matters of public con cern that it may become his official duty to act upon, is not only of ines timable value to the success of poli tical institutions like ours, but may 1 think, without exaggeration be re garded as indispensable to the main tenance of Republican Government. Viewing the subject in this light, and having satisfied myself that in propounding questions to me you have, as you assure me, been ac tuated by an unfeigned desire to be able to bestow your suffrages un derstandingly, and to possess your self of information which you deem material to that end, I cheerfully comply with your request, You ask me, first, “whether, if elected President, I will veto any biil, having for its object the aboli tion of slavery in the District of Co lumbia; or whether 1 will sanction any bill granting appropriations of the public money to any State, soli citing aid for the emancipation of their slaves'” My attention has been frequently heretofore called to the first branch of your inquiry; and my views in respect to it, given. The substance of them was repeat ed, with additional explanations, in a letter recently addressed by me to a committee composed of citizens of Louisville, Kentucky, in reply to a question, embracing among oth er tilings, the particular point now retenedto. As my reply to your several questions must unavoidably be of considerable length, I have not deemed it advisable to repeat that answer here, but will cause each ol you to be supplied with a copy there of, and cannot doubt your being sa tisfied that I have at least fairly met the subject. The second branch of your inquiry, though scarcely of less importance, was not brought into view on that occasion. Nearly all now agree that the Federal Govern ment possesses no power to inter fere with the institution of slavery in the States; and the general and undoubtedly the correct principle is, that the Federal Government can not apply the national funds to ob jects, upon which they are either expressly prohibited from acting, or in respect to which there is an ac knowledged absence of delegated authority. Usage, supposed neces sity and apparently uncontrolable considerations of expediency have, from time to time, led to limited ex penditures for which it. was not easy to find a warrant in the Constitu tion. But these have always been regarded by the sincere friends of a strict construction of that instru- j inent as matters to be regretted, | and as far as possible to be prevent ed. The form of your question pre sents for consideration the points whether the consent of the Slave States could confer on the Federal Government the Constitutional pow er to apply the public funds to the i emancipation of their Slaves. I un hesitatinglo say it could not, and that I never could give my sanction to such a measure. If State consent could confer power where the want of it would otherwise be so manifest, I find it difficult to conceive of any case in which tlie same result could not with at least equal propriety, he claimed to follow from the same cause. The establishment of such a principle, must, in my best judg ment inevitably lead to the prostra tion of that partition of powers be tween the General and State Gov ernments, which the framers of the Constitution intended to erect, and might well be dreaded as an opening wedge to an early and more extend ed action by Congress upon the par ticular subject under consideration. We have seen too much of the pro gressive character of constitutional encroachments in the early stage of the Government, to feel assured, that a continued practice of contri buting to the emancipation of slaves by the appropriation of money might net in course of time, lead to at tempts by the Federal Government to accomplish thesamo object, with out either the consent of the slave holder or indemnity for his loss. ou next ask me, gentlemen, whether I think that, at this time, the safety ol the public money re quires a rechartering of the United States’ Bank, or whether I would sign a bill chartering such an insti tution. My opinions upon the sub ject ot a United States’ Bank were asked when I was first a candidate for the Presidency in IB3G, and were so fully given as to meet not only your ques ion, but also, I think, every aspect which the subject can be made to assume. They will he found in my letter to the lion. Sher rod Williams, of Kentucky, which has been extensively published, and are tnerein thus expressed: “You next ask whether I will sign and approv e (it it becomes necessa ry to secure and save from deprecia tion. the revenue and finances of the nation, am! to afford a sound uniform currency to the people of the United States.) a bill (with pro per modifications and restrictions) chartering a Bank of the United States. “In the published letter of 7dr. Butler to Mr. Gailand, which has already been referred to, he thus states my opinions upon the subject of the Bank: “Mr. Van Buren’sj opinions in regard to the Bank of tlie United States, were expressed i in the Senate of the United States in 1828; repeated in his letter to the Shocco Springs committee, ’ whilst a candidate for the Vice Pres | idency, and have been so freely ut j tered by h m, that there cannot, I think be occasion to say much upon ‘that subject, But to close the door to cavil, 1 state Ist, That lie holds that Congress docs not possess the power to establish a National Bank in any of the States of the Union, nor to establish such in States, the branch of any bank located in the District of Columbia; ami 2d, That he is, therefore, decidedly opposed to the establishment of a National j Bank in any of the States; and is! also opposed to the establishment of any such hank in the District ofCo-j iumbia, as unnecessary and inexpe-j dient, and as liable to a groat pro-: portion of the abuses which have, in! his opinion, been practised by the existing Bank.” “ I ‘ins declaration, with other nrfi tonu, repeated and published avow als of my sentiments, in regard to a United States Bank, would, I had supposed, be sufficient to save me from further interrogation on that; subject; but as you have thought | proper to push the inquiry further, j and to that end, to place tlie matter before me in a form studiously a dapted to present the question in its most favorable contingent aspect, you will 1 am sure, he neither sur prised nor dissatisfied, if I deem it due to myself as well as to the sub ject, to give it more particular and enlarged consideration than i have heretofore fell it necessary or proper to do. “1 am induced to embrace for this purpose the opportunity you have presented to me the more readily, from a deep conviction of the incal culable importance to the people of the United States, that this long agi tated and distracting subject should be finally settled, and from a hope that what I have to say upon it may, from the situation in which the par tiality of my fellow-citizens has placed me, contribute in some de gree to so desirable a result. “I greatly fear, that whilst there is in any quarter reason to hope that a charter lor anew bank can in any condition of the country be obtained from the Federal Government, there will he neither order nor stability in the pecuniary operations of the country. If it can be ascertained that a discredited currency and pe cuniary embarrassment, will bring . . . o ; a charter, what security have we that such a state of things will not be produced? Is it doing violence to truth and justice, to attribute to expectations of this character, the crusade which we have witnessed for the last two years against the deposite banks, against the efforts of tho Administration to restore a specie currency, and against all the fiscal arrangements oft he Treasury? Will any candid and well informed man prelend that such things would have been, it it had been considered as settled that the Bank of the United States is not to be revived? I think not. The settlement of the deposite question, by the bill cf the last session, will, doubtless cause a suspension of tins destructive ca reer—but is there not reason to ap prehend that it will recommence with tho first appearance of ariv thing like a reasonable chance for tho re-establishment of a National Bank? Every thing, therefore, which may serve to arrest or pre vent the agitation of this subject, if only for a season, is of great value. In the published opinions to which Ii have already referred, my opposi tion to the establishment of the Uni-1 tod States Bank, in any of tho ■ States, is placed on the constitutional power in Congress to establish one.’ I hose who concur* in denying this! power, nevertheless differ among; themselves in regard to the parLicu-; lar views by which their respective! opinions are sustained. Some ad mit that Congress has a right to cre ate such an institution, whenever its establishment becomes necessary to! the collection, disbursement, and preservation of the revenue; hut in sist that no such necessity existed when the charter of the old Bank expired, or has arisen since. With! this class, the considerations to which you allude would he essential, and might have a controlling effect —for such persons make the power! to establish a bank dependent upon them. My object ion, on the contra-; ry, is that the Constitution dues not give Congress power to erect cor porations within the States. Tlii was the main point of Mr. Jeffer- : son’s celebrated opinion against the establishment ot the first National Bank. it is an objection which nothing short et an amendment to the Constitution can remove. We a now it to be an historical fact, that the Convention refused to confer that power on Congress, and i am op i posed to its assumption by it upon ! any pretence whatever. If its pos | sessi ° !i shall at any time become necessary, the oniy just way to oh i lain it is to ask it at the hands of the i people, in the form prescribed by the Constitution. Holding this opinion, and sworn to support that instru ment as it is, I could not find in the circumstances to which you refer, either warrant or excuse for the ex ercise of the authority in question; and 1 arm not only w illing but de sirous that the people of the United States should bo fully informed cf the precise ground I occupy on this subject. I desire more especially that they should know it now, when an opportunity, the best our form of j Government affords, will soon be ! presented, to express their opinion iof its propriety. If they are in fa j vs rofa National Bank, as a perma nent branch of their institutions, or if they desire a Chief Magistrate who will consider it his duty to watch the course of events, and give or withhold his assent to such an institution according to the degree of necessity for it that may in his opinion arise 1 otn the considerations to which your question refers, they will see that my co-operation in the promotion of either of these views cannot be expected. If, on the other hand, with this seasonable, ex plicit, and published avowal before them, a majority of the people of the United States shall nevertheless be stow upon me their suffrages for the office of President, scepticism itself must cease to doubt, and admit their will to he that there shall not he any Bank of the United Slates, until the people, in the exercise of their sovereign authority, see fit to give to Congress the right to estab lish one. “It is because T cannot donut that the expression of tlie popular will, made under such circumstances, must have a tendency to arrest fur ther agitation of this disturbing sub ject, for four years at least, and most probably, from the great mo ral influence which the often ex pressed opinion of ihe majority of the people in a Republican Govern ment is entitled to, fora much long er period, that 1 am thus full and explicit upon the point to which you 1 have called my attention. How ever much we may differ upon the abstract question involved in this controversy, no reflecting man can doubt the healthful and invigorating effects which any thing that looks like a settlement of this question must have upon all the business, as well as political relations of the country. The public mind has been long and painfully agitated by it, and needs repose. The fruits of this agitation have been bitter and abun dant. Men of business require to be put in a situation that they may adapt their irs to a state of things which promises permanency. That character is alone necessary to give success to the present system. No rational plan for the regulation of the fiscal affairs of the country can fail to succeed,, if the mass of our industrious and enterprising population, without regard to local, sectional or political distinctions arc only desirous for irs success. Once satisfy them that things are in this respect to remain stable, and it is not in the nature of things possible that they can refuse their aid and support to that which concerns them so nearly, and upon which their prosperity, private as well as public, is so essentially dependent. If our correspondence shall have the effect to contribute in anv degree to bring about a state of things in which vve all have so deep an interest, and which should be desired by all, I will rejoice that it has taken place.” My convictions of the truth and i justice of these views upon this vi ; tally important question, have been | confirmed by all iny subsequent ex perience, and will, I doubt not, from i the principles upon which they aie | founded, endure to the end of mv ! life. My opinions upon the Tariff, which is the subject ot’ your third question, were asked when 1 was a. | candidate for the Vice Presidency, Ity a portion of my fellow-citizens of North Carolina, and freely given. ! Their application reached me hut a | short period before the then ap proaching election, and to secure in every portion of the Union, as gen eral and early a knowledge of my” views cs was practicable, I caused j them to he forthwith published at Albany. They were reiterated in liS'i, when a candidate for the I residency, and contain the general principles by which it is my inten tion to regulate my official course. [ * wits seriously friendly to the pas sage of the compromise Biii, and nave always been and still am dis posed to carry it into full and fair effect. The opinions of which I | spoken were expressed in the I following terms: ‘‘Although my official acts in re lation to the protective system might wed bo regarded as rendering the avowal unnecessary, I think, it nevertheless, proper to say, that f believe the establishment of com mercial regulations, with a view to tlie encouragement ofdomestic pro ducts, to be within the constitutional [NO. 27.