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From th" Netr-York Conner and Enquirer.
Our new-» schooner Eclipse, came to town'j
’ .i morning at !) o’clock, having boarded a) .!
•ret at 8 o’clock last evi ning, the packet ship j
I'mncoi.i I.7,Gap*. Pell, iVom Havre, on tin ;
10’h ol’Juiic. By this arrival the editors of the i
Chit I'li.i; and Enqi mm are exclusively in pos- J
• ssiou of Paris dates of’liie 'rth ah i Havre ofthe j
lull .1 me. jt
The in'ellig* nee will he found of exciting in- \-
‘crest. idetnoiistrating the di-turbed situation I
o| France, and the probability of another Revo- 1
iit ion. We have conlin d ours Ives almost *\- j
clu-fively to the particulars of the insurrection in j
Paris as we lia\e math* r time o.” space to trace ;
the movements in the Apartments. Os these j
.Maine et Loire, La Vendee, Loire fnferieuro,
Deux-Sevrcs and several others, are placed un
der Martial Law by Koval Ordonnauce. It has;:
b'-en tliseovcred that the Duchess de Berri and ;
Gen. Botioiunt ha revisited all thesouthern pro-;!
v incus, and many of their circulars and private!
orders have been s ized and published, which,
we will lay before the public to-morrow.
The accounts come to us only through the
Ministerial papers, the liberal ones having been)
either suppress ;d or issued with blank pages, [
and we have no correct means of judging of the
disturbances but by their partial representation.'
Vet from them, we learn enough to excite great i
anxiety for the future. The dishand.tvmt of the !
i’olytechnic School—the declaring I’aris andij
several of the deprulm -nts under Martial Law—jj
the suppression of the liberal presses—the ad-j
Quitted force of the Chouans and the presence of)
Duchess He Bekri A (Jen. BorioiONT —all lead!
us to apprehend furlh -r difficulties. It will be I
perci.ived by our translation from the papers ofj
the Hiti that on the Till another attempt wast
made in Paris, the first and principal attempt jj
having been made on the sth and suppressed on!i
the Gth. I
'l’he papers are lite rally filled with accounts j
of ilie depredations of the Chouans and Oarlists, I
their sieges of towns and disarmnient of the Na-|
tioiuil Guards, Ac. Ac. with t!io movement ofjj
the troops and proclamations of the government
with regard to the movements in the South. '
The Quotidicnae , the Brid'uison, the Mode,
tsnd the Munitcur 'J'ypograji/iiijuc, or Printer’s
Journal, were seized on the Gth ins’. at the Post
Office and the respective Printing Offices.
Orders were issued on the 7th of June, for the
anvst of M. M. Luboissiere, Cabot and Gamier
Pages.
'Pile Mess iger dcs Ch iml res of the 7th June,
says, that the Chouans had taken an important
city in the west, and that serious disturbances
had broken out in Caen. The same Journal in
forms us that it was generally rumoured through
out Paris, that the Duchess do Kerri had been
arrested.
'Phc Constitntioncl says—“ It appears cer
tain that there were found in the house of one ofj
the persons arrested, man v esse mats hypotheca-)
ted on the future sale of the Nadonal Domains." j
M. lo duo do Fitz- James was arrested at Ids
house on the morning of the 7th ult.
The Journal des Debuts says —“ We arc en
abled to state positively that the marriage of the
Princess Louisa, the King’s eldest daughter,
w ith King Leopold, was finally 7 concluded upon
at the meeting between the* two Sovereigns at
Couipicgne, and we believe it certain that the
ceremony will take place at Compiegne in the
course of July.”
Gn-he3oth ult. the Cuke G'Orleans, accom
pm ; dby the Prof ct, he Mayor, and several |
Superior Officers, visited the fortifications of Ly-! 1
o«ts. I
The three Arrondiss -men's in ’he West placed
un lei Martial Law contain *234 parishes, name-j 1
Iv : that of Laval, P 3 ; Chafeau-Gontier, 714 ; {•'
and Vitro, 62. It is said that on forwarding' :
the Ordonnancc to Laval, the Minister enjoined i '
the immetliatc military occupation of all places'
noted as rallying points, or places where meet
ings ire held.
Tiie Paris papers of the Bih, announce that
Young X.v i’oi.uon had suiiered a relapse, and a!
passenger by the ship Marcus arrived this mor-j
rung from Rotterdam, r-ports that an express
arrived at Frankfort w Idle he was there announ-1
cing his death, and a new revolutionary move- ;
xr.eal in Poland.
It is said that Protocol Xo. 63, in relation to
the affairs of Belgium and Holland, has been
issued, which is of threatening character tow ards
King William.
Don Pedro has appeared off the Tagus with
his fleet, and an active correspondence has been
opened hot ween the French and English Minis
ters with the Minister of the Court of Spain. 1
They require of Spain to observe the strictest
:ieulr.,uty during the approaching events, and
pledge the adherence of Don Pedro to Uk; terms
of ids Proclamation.
ENGLAND. I
Passage of the Reform Bill. —On the evening»
>f Monday, June the 4th, this imporumt measure,
was carried in the House of Lords.
For the Bill, 106
Against, 22
Majority, 84
It will be perceived that nearly all the oppon
ents of the measure left the House, and among
-them the Duke of Wellington and Lord Lynp
lll'RST.
In the House of Commons on the same day, ■
the Scotch Reform Bill was under consideration.
[ From Lc Xoureluste.]
PARIS, June S. —Yesterday morning a aum- ]
her <<f ba- ucades still remained up in the Rue >
St. iV.mn.s, St. Martin, and Sr. Antoine. i 1
TV Pr“fet of Police in Concert with Marshal i
Lobau and M. Colonel Festliamicl received or- i
dors to batter dow n t'ues® barricades with artil- i
lerv. Notwithstanding the vigour of this mea- ’
sure, new ourricadcs were raised in the Rue St. >
Martin this morning. The insurgents, harrass-; <
ej on Tl sides, retired through the neighboring •
7 streets to the avenues of u.e Hotel de V iite.
•! ny poisons wa r. introduced by f >rcc into the i
, adjacent l»< >ns s from whence they attacked thej
i tixxips —firing continued several hours: finally
the insurgents were dislodged. Several persons;
';• ro nrres'ed, amongst whom are twelve of the ■
a.quil of the Polytechnic School D’Alfcrt.
,'J*he-:e .arrests were made amid universal cri> a
• f“Vive le Uoi.”
Tiiis cay trancuillitv is entirely restored,
i workrni n are engaged in rvp:dring the pave-'
; and removing the barricades. Business
is re--.uiii .d throughout the city. The city pro
's.-tils a satisfactory appearance.
. i i
CHOLERA.
From the ,V. ir-Y urk Mercantile Advertiser.
[ I ii* following instruction? l , prepared by Dr. Steven?,-
(sir- ■j ■ i > 7,i •- In for tb-' benefit oftliose for whom they wore '
■ J. 7’iio hi,:!, standing of that gent!, man hi the
j pro!* 'ion, wii! f.i-.c weight to his opinions and ad
-1 \ ice.]
j To .
L EW-YORK. July Ist, 1832.
Dear Sir —ln compliance with your request,
jmade to me this morning, that 1 should furnish
1 yon with some phivn directions for the manage- j
inwnt of yourselves and family, with respect to
i tb.e prevention and treatment of the Cholera, 1
j will endeavour to state my opinions on this sub
ject, ns briefly as possible. In the first place, as'
to the question of removal from the city. You
- nave already decided by my advice to remove to
a dry inland .situation. It mav be expected that
lif tlii-j pestilence prevail at all in such situations,
it will be in a mitiga’ed form; situations on the
js -a shore, will perhaps with reason be preferred
| by some to whom amarine atmosphere is other-,
wise suited. There would appear to be nega
tive evidence that this disease has not prevailed
m insulated fhrm houses.
It seems to be admitted by those who have
'most extensively observed the Spasmodic Choi-'
iera, that it is always, or generally, preceded by
|a furred state of the tongue, and a deranged
; condition of the bowels—usually a slight loose
ness unattended with pain, the discharges being
at first dark brown, and afterwards gradually
becoming of a lighter color; that this state con-,
tinues during several days before the peculiar
symptoms of Cholera appear. It is sometimes
so slight as not particularly to attract the pati
ent’s attention, and at other times is more severe, ’
and impresses upon his countenance the haggard 1
aspect of the disease. When piOj~r. lv treated i
;tve Cholera is usually arrested, in this its form-1
-ing or premonitory slate. iSueh being a sumnm-j
-ry of ihe best information upon this particular;
point, I am led to conclude, that tho prevention'
of Cholera, is to be effected, by preventing or J
; removing disorder of the bowels. By avoiding!
all those causes, which are apt to derange the'
bowels, at this season of the year incur climate. ■
I heso causes are numerous. Drugs given as
j preventives; sudden change of diet; all green,;
I w’afery fruits and vegetables, especially uncook
jed, fresh bread, shell fish, (except hard clams) i
and in general, whatever is found usuallv to dis- i
agree with the individual and with others; salt-1
jed meats and smoked meats, and smoked fish; 1
improper drinks-—acid, and all other wines, and
cider, cold drinks unless in very small quantities 1
—too much drink of every kind—-a change of;
water or drinks—over heating the bodv, or agi- i
tating the mind—taking fjod or drink, when agi
tated or or getting agitated or heated
soon afer taking food—exposure to the night
air damp, sleeping with window open, or if this 1
be unavoidable, in a draft; want of sufficient!
covering, especially over the abdomen, to pro
vent injury from sudden changes of temperature,
either in the night while sleeping, or after per-'
spiring freely in the day time. 1 recommend
to you to go to bed cool, not to sit up late, and
to rise early.
1 hose who are feeble, will do well to repose
in the heat of day. For yourself and Lady, ij
flunk the food most proper is, rice, barley, in all j
their simple preparations. All farinacious vege
tables except beans and peas and bread recently
baked, eggs, plain boiled, roasted or boiled meats.
And broths of these and farinacious vegetables,,
seasoned enough for the taste, but not enough to :
excite thirst such as may not be easily controul- 1
ed without taking drink between meals. For ;
your children, the same course is also best. The
preparations of barley, vice, sago, arrow roof 1
and milk, with little or no animal food should be,
given. It these turn sour upon the stomach,!
substitute plain animal broth, or mix the two.
1 urge upon you early attention to any de
rangement of the bowels, eh her from a neglect |
of these precautions or other causes. The sea-;
son of the year in which we are threatened with;
tho malignant cholera, is that also, in which our |
own disease, by that name, and slight diarrhoeas
always prevail in this community to a very con-;
siderablc extent. By preventing common chol
era's wo may expect to escape the malignant. I
Are we to conclude, that common cholera
and diarrhoea, are the early symptoms of the ma-!
lignum cholera ? Many believe so ; but while 1.
would advise no one, to be so apprehensive of
tins result, in his own case, as to consider it pro- 1
bable, it will be the part of every person, to pay
early attention to every slight derangement of
his bowels. Abstinence will often cure it; IT;
that does not do it speedily, it will at any rate
prepare the system for the kind operation of Me
dicine.
If no physician of intelligence can be readily
consulted, you can hardly go wrong, by admin
istering a dose of castor oil, or of rhubarb and
magnesia with mint water, or in bilious habits, I
six grains of Calomel, if to an adult, followed by I
salts in divided doses; and after any of these
remedies, a few drops oflaudanum; and keeping
the patient in a perspiration with warm catmint j
or other herb teas,,and for a day or two, a diet of
toast water or chicken tea.
But if the tomrue be clean and the feelings!
j comfortable, costivencss may be disregarded; it
is of great importance to regulate the bowels if
possible, w ithout medicine ; especially in those
of delicate constitution, and those who arc not
likely to take sufficient precautions to avoid the
exciting causes of disease after medicine has
been taken. The taking of medicine should he
considered as a choice of evils—a deranged
state of the digestive organs often follows the,
use of medicine, especially the stronger kinds;
if the patient be not quiet while suffering
from the debility which the medicine has induced,
and do not confine himself to invalid’s diet, it
would be better for him to have abstained from
she use of it. The taking of solid food and a
pursuit of active occupations after taking medi
cine, should bo avoided.—The best laxative for
those not habitually accustomed to take any, is
rhubarb with some aromatic. Three grains of
rhubarb, with half a grain of Cayenne Pepper
in a pill. The compound Syrup of Rhubarb,
with Soda enough to correct any prevailing aci
dity, I consider the best laxative medicine for
children.- lam your friend and servant, :
A.. 11. STEVENS. ;|i
i I (It,' ihe GtUi'gtU JoUrHO., du.y iJ. I
; r i ii following extract ot a letter iroin a distinguish--
jed gentleman of Georgia, now in New-Aork with his|
q family, gives a striking vi- w of the fright that seized
;the people then , on the apprehended approaca of the
.Cholera.
NEW.YORK, JULY 4, 1532.
Tv o days ai;o, the Cholera was officially re- !
port'.-1 to exist iu this city. .1 was not here whenjj
the news of its existence in Montreal, came toj:
luin.l ; and ibortior •, cannot give you an ac-;
‘Count from personal observation of the panic'!
•that then seized the people ; hut it must havcjj
■ hern awful, from the accounts that were given:;
;lof it. That which arose on the official annun-j;
ciution ofthe existence of the disease here, two;
jlduys ago was bad enough. 1 have seen a good;
;ideal of it, and really it is worse than what pro-;
vailed in our State last October. —An evening|
i:paper truly says that “ almost every steam boutj
i which left New-York yesterday, was crowded j
Iv.ith a dense mass of fugitives, flying in alarm;
: from tiie imaginary pestilence. The roads, inj
'jail direction-:, were lined with well filled stage!
I coaches, livery coaches, private vehicles andj
|equestrians all panic struck, fleeing from the 1
|citv as we mav suppose the inhabitants ol Pom-
Ipeii or Reggio fled from those devoted places
when the red lava shower poured down upon
their houses, or the walls were shaken by an
_
| earth quake/’ I went last evening to sec the
North River boats set off, and I never saw sol
many human beings crowded together in thei|
same space, as were to bo seen in these boats, jj
| And to see husbands parting from their wives, !
land fathers from their children whom they were i
! sending into the country to avoid the pestilence, j
i was deeply affecting to me, even though I was
: at first disposed to view the scene as one ofj
1 contemptible folly. It is calculated that not!
less than 40,000 persons have left the city in j
the last two days. Forty persons, it is said, left
the city Hotel yesterday, and a large number
' left the house where I am staying.
A man fell from a scaffold a few doors from
where I live, and was killed. His corpse was;
carried pas! the door, attended by a number ofj
his fellow laborers, and some women, whose la-j
mentations were heart rending. The imp res-! j
siun seemed to be instantaneous that it was a;j
"caset)f Cholera ;it would ho in vain to attempt;
to desbribe the expressions of countenance that
this scene produced.
I have been of the opinion all along, that
there was no cause of alarm ; and in this lam
confirmed by intelligent Physicians. Dr. Porter
—you know him ; he had charge of the Aca-j
demy in Milledgevillc some years ago ; informs!
me that he has nor yet been able to see a single|
case of any thing but ordinary Cholera. Dr. |
Carroll dissected two persons reported as hav-j
ing died of Cholera. He brought the stomachs;
c c?
to the Medical College ; they were charged withi
every sort of trash ; green currants, cucumbers,!
half ripe cherries, green goosberries, ginger
bread, beer, Arc. Ac. enough to kill a horse.
A paper was drawn up and signed by respecta
ble physicians, stating the* cases to "be Asiatic
Cholera. Dr. Carroll refused to put his name
to any such statement. A boy took too much
cake and beer, and fell sick, as might have been'
expected—in’s case was reported as a ease ofj
Cholera. Two or three of the cases reported
as fatal, turn out to be alive and well—and to
day the physicians-are quarrelling among them
selves, about who raised the silly cry of mad
dog first. j
Take this thing ail together, it is a most silly!
and ridiculous affair. I doubt very much wheth
er there has been a single case of Asiatic Cho
eia, on this side the Atlantic. lam inclined
to attribute most of the deaths in Montreal to
the influence of the imagination—and in this I
am susUiined by the wonderful cures said to
Slave been performed in that city by a man who
addressed himself to the imagination of the peo
ple—by rigging himself out in a strange dress,
assuming a mysterious demeanor, leading about
with him three horses, feeding them on shav
ings, and administering to his Cholera patients,
doses of charcoal, maple sugar, and hogs lard.
I pray you, prevent, if you can, our good peo
pie of Georgia, from yielding to the influence
of panic. In that consits safety—l am inclined
to say perfect safety. This fell scourge, as it
has been called, I do most religiously believe,
is nothing but ordinary Cholera, aggravated by
the powerful influence of imagination. On that
belief I act myself. Very respectfully.
VOLUXTEER CORPS*
The Globe of June 27, contains the following:— ,
“The Senate have confirmed the nomination
of Gen. Henry Dodge to be Major of tbo corps
of mounted volunteers, to be raised under the
late act of Congress.
“Gen. Dodge is a resident of Dodgeville,
Michigan Territory; and we have abundant*
testimony that his new appointment will be ac
ceptable to the inhabitants on the frontiers, and
advantageous to the public service*. ’
“A gen lonian who has long been the Super
intendent **f the Lead Mines at Galena, writes to
•tie friend in this city, “ that no better selection
could possibly have been made.” The Editor of
the Galeuian, who is a Surgeon in the militia of
Illinois thus speaks of him : “ Gen. H. Dodge is
certainly one of the most indefatigable and effi
cient men in this or in any other country. He is'
constantly on the alert ; one day he is found at
home planning and adopting means of defence in
case of attack, and the next day he is found push,
ing his little force of mounted Spartans into the
very heart ofthe Indian country.
“Gen. Dodge was elected, last vear, tothc Le
gislative Council of Michigan, and altho’ anew
member, would doubtless have been the Pre
sident of that body. Blit'll aving heard of the in
cipient hostile movement of the Indians, he re
mained at home, and has since been constantly
and closely watchingevery movement. He has
collected the friendly tribes, and held several*
councils with them, and thus secured their ad
hesion.
“From such a man, the troops under his im
mediate command and the country, may expect!
active and efficient services.
From the Savannah Georgian.
GOLD.
The following are extracts of a letter from
a gentleman of North-Carolina, who lias visit
ed the mining districts in this State. The in
formation may be correct, because Loud’s mine
is the most valuable in the State, and the pro
prictor has expended nearly 840.000 upon it,!
and the works are more complete than those of
any other. The Superintendent, we learn, re- !
ceives a salary of 83000 per annum :
“ Monday morning, [23d April,] we discov
ered and opened a vein exhibiting every ap.
pearance of being the identical one which pro
duced the gold found at this deposit. In one
day the labor of nine hands and one common
rocker produced upwards of 700 dwts. washed
from a portion of earth and gravel taken from
the lower side ofthe vein ; a considerable num-|!
her of pieces Were found weighing from one to.
j seven pennyweights, and oik* specimen ol 334.
“ It has continued for several days to yield,
at nearly the same rates, and yfesterday, yield
ed 730 dwts. —a space often feet square pro
ducing nearly 100 dwts. We continue to work
! parallel with the vein which is nearly six feet
! wide, and I have no doubt that in two months |
1 1 eighteen hands will obtain 30,000 dwts. The!
vein being sufficiently decomposed and the gold
!jin masses, a pennyweight to the panful ot earth
and gravel has been repeatedly washed out. A
section of the vein 0 by 4 loot and cue toot deep,
’ vFLled 113 dwts.
I**** * * * *
“ A few days after I received the brilliant
news, I went to Mr. Loud’s mine : the day pro- 1
: viousto my visit 1100 pennyweights were found:
|by nine hands ! One piece, mingled moderate- j
lv with vein stone, weighing 500, and many j
! from 50 to 80 dwts. The specimens are ex-j
cecdingly brilliant, and iu some instances com
posed exclusively of gold and quartz, in others
gold, quartz, and partially decomposed fold spar.
“ Iu that part of Georgia there are many rich |
deposits, hut none at present, in operation, com-;
parable with Mr. Load's. The same region a-;
i bounds likewise in veins some of which exhibit
very flattering indications. In Habersham!
! county the England and the Collin’s, and in;
Hall count v the Shobert and Elred mines arc;
the most prominent. Habersham and Hall lie,
]in the fork ofthe Chatahoochie and the Chesta
; tec rivers: the latter forming their western
! boundary and separating them from the Chcvo-j
I kee lands, which have produced so much otthej
precious metal. An enterprising company is:
now erecting n dredging machine of four horse!
power, to draw up the auriferous sand and gra-1
vel from the bed of the Chestatee which, yield-;
dug not only particles, but masses of gold, is;
richer than the famed Pactolus of antiquity.” j
w#walkaT ~ j
TUESDAY, JI Ll 31, 1*32. |
FOR PRESIDENT,
ANDREW JACKSON.
VICE-PRESIDENT,
MARTI A VAN BIREN.
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS,
IILARY KIMMIAM, «/ Putnam ,
AUGUSTIN S. CLAYTON, of Clark,
THOMAS F. FOSTFH, of Greene,
ROGER L. GAHSLI3, ’Of Jefferson,
GEORGE I?. GIL.HUH, of Oglethorpe,
CIIAIU.LS E. HAYNES, Os Hancock,
SUUaSO HN JONES, of Muscogee,
J A HISS H. WA YNE, of Chatham,
RICHARD H. WILDE, of Richmond.
ITT M. B. LAMAR, Esq. of Muscogee County, is a
candidate for the Representative Brandi of Congress, at
the election in October next.
53= The editor of this paper did advocate “ some
[constitutional] mode of direct and practical resistance
to the Tariff, when editor of the Southron, several years
ago,” hut he did not advocate South-Carolina Nullifica
tion. The editor-of the Chronicle is informed that a file
of the Southron is at his service.
BANK ARRANGEMENT.
The Banks of this city have unanimously agreed to
pay demands on them, only in their own bills respective
ly, in bills of the Bank of the United Slates and in bills
of the South-Carolina Banks. They have agreed to re
ceive the bills of the Banks of the interior of the State,
only in payment, but not on deposit. In consequence of
this new arrangement, exchange on Savannah has fal
len to I per cent, on Charleston, | to 1 per cent, and on
New-York | to 1 per cent.
CONGRESS.
Both houses of the federal legislature adjourned on
Monday, the 16th instant, after a session of seven months
and a half. Time will show whether this session will
be of great importance to the country, and exercise
hereafter a material influence in the general policy of
the federal government. At any rate, circumstances of
an interesting nature will characterize it: the rejection
by the President of the bill for renewing the charter of
the U. S. Bank, and the passing of a remodelled tariff'
act, arc measures which must interfere with the concerns
ofthe States. We have not room and tirr.a to extend
our remarks upon the subject Ufote us ; we shall take
the earliest opportunity, to place before our readers,
such particular,, of this session of Congress, as will ap
pear to ns most interesting. We have also the speeches
of our members, which we intend to publish, as soon as
we can dispose of some other matter, which will fill our
columns lor a week or two.
Vote in the Senate on the Bank Bill, when returned by
the President with his objections. The question was,
whether the bill should become a law, the President’s
objections to the contrary notwithstanding ?” It was de
cided in tnc negative, two-thirds being necessary to car
ry a measure against the Executive veto.
YEAS—Messrs. Buckner, Chambers, Clay, Clayton,
Dallas, Foot, Frelinghuysen, Hendricks, Holmes, John,
ston, Poindexter, Prentiss, Robbins, Robinson, Ruggles,
Seymour, Silsbee, Sprague, Tipton, Tomlinson, Web
ster, Wilkins—22.
NAYS—Messrs. Benton, Bibb, Brown, Dudley, El
lis, Forsyth, Grundy, Hayne, Hill, Kane’ King, Man
gum, Marcy, Miller, Moore, Tazewell, Troup, Tyler,
White—l 9.
Members absent —Messrs. Bell, of N. H. Knight, of
R. I. Dickerson, of N. J. Naudain, of Del. Smith, of
Md. Ewing, of Ohio, and Waggaman, of La.
Appointments by the President, by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate.
Abraham B. Fanning to be collector of the Customs
for the District of Savannah, in the State of Georgia, i
vice John Stevens, deceased.
"U ili.xam M’Keknon Ball to be Register of the Land.
; Office for the District of Lands subject to sale at Fay-!
etteville, in the Territory- of Arkansas.
Matthew Leiper to be receiver of Public Moneys :
for the District of Lands subject to sale at Fayetteville,
in the Territory of Arkansas.
Samuel M. Rutherford to be Register of the Land;
Office for the District of Lands subject to sale at Red'
River, in the Territory of Arkansas.
Daniel T. Walter to be Receiver of Public Moneys*
for the District of Lands subject to sale at Red River, in'
the Territory of Arkansas.
Powhatan Ellis to be District Judge in the State of'
Mississippi, in tie place of the late Peter Randolph.
Commissioners under the Treaty with France.— Geo.
W. Campbell, ot Tennessee, Thomas H. Williams, of
Mississippi, and Kane, of Philadelphia. John eJ
Frost, ot Washington City, Secretary.
Commissioners to the Indian. Tribes, under a late
laic. Y illiam Carroll, of Tennessee, Montpord
Stokes, ot North-Carolina, and Roberts Vaex, of Phi
ladelphia.
UNITED STATES BANK.
Objections have been made to the President’s mes
sage, in which he assigns his reasons for rejecting the!
bill renewing the charter of the United States Bank,;
| which, on the part es the National Intelligencer, can be I
■ very easily accounted for, but which, on the part of
! I those who appear to approve the rejection ot the bill,
surprize us, because they give to the language of \hc
President, an import which is not warranted by the ex.
pressions he employs. The National Intelligencer, a
! paper which once stood high in the estimation of the
people, but the editors of which Mr. Clay succeeded in
i winning over to his cause, says, that “ the bill is con
j sidered unconstitutional, mainly because the President
I has not, instead of Congress, been allowed to mould its
features and to make the law.” They further give it as
their construction of the message, that the words ot the
I President imply, that “ if the Executive had been con-|
ii suited ; if his wishes had born implicitly followed ; it
I j be had furnished the project of the bill; why, then,
i the bill would have been constitutional.” The editors
| then conclude that “ this grasping at all legislative pow.
or by the Executive, is contrary to the whole spirit and
1 genius of -our government.”
Now, to ascertain at once the palpable and wiliul mis
|' representation of the language of the President, it io
| only necessary to refer to the context of the message,
and to the reasons assigned for arriving at the conclu
sion which the President expresses, “ that a Bank ofj
i the United States, competent to all the duties which |
! may be required by the Government, might be so or- ]
! tranized as not to infringe on our own delegated powers, |
j or the reserved rights of the States, I do not entertain
i a doubt. Had the Executive been called upon to fur
i nish the project of such an institution, the duty would
i have been cheerfully performed.” “ The Bank is pro
j fegscdly established as an agent of the Executive
| branches of the Government, and its constitutionality is
! maintained on that ground. Neither upon the proprie
j ty of present action, nor upon the provisions of this act,
I was the Executive consulted. It has had no opportuni.
! ty to say that it neither needs nor wants an agent cloth
i cd with such powers, and favoured by such exemptions. |
j There is nothing in its legitimate functions which make j
iit ncccssarv or proper. Whatever interest or influence, |
| whether public or private, has given birth to this act, it !
~ . *
j cannot be found either in the wishes or necessities ol f
! the Executive Department, by which present action is j
| deemed premature, and the powers conferred upon its
| agent not only unnecessary, but dangerous to the govern
i ment and country.”
J If we were to consider those expressions without re
gard to the positions previously assumed by the Presi
dent, there would certainly be some reason to accuse
him of an intent to “ grdap at all legislative power.”
But how comes he to express himself thus ? He posi
tively declares, that he believes the bill to be unconsti.
tational, but that a bill, for the establishment of a bank,
might be so framed as to be strictly within the bounds ot
the constitution. And what leads him to assume this
position? If is this. He states, that the Supreme Court
decided the act chartering the Bank to be
because it camo under that provision of the constitution,
which gives power to Congress “ to make all laws which
shall be necessary and proper for carrying those powers
into execution.” The President then very forcibly com.
ments on the “ necessity and propriety ”of the estab
lishment of such a bank as the one contemplated by the
bill before hi my and shows, most conclusively, we be
lieve, that it is neither “ necessary nor proper.” But at
the same time admitting, that this “necessity and pro.
priety” is a question for legislative consideration and dc
cision. The President is a Constitutional agent in the
making oflaws, as well as both houses ofCongress, and is
the highest responsible officer for a due execution of
those laws; therefore, he alone of all the officers ol the
government, can best ascertain the fact, whether a law ;
is or is not necessary and proper for carrying on the o- i
perafions of the government. And why do Congress at
every session, apply to the President and to the heads of
departments, for information anti opinion on various sub. j J
jects? Certainly this is done at every session. And ;
even by the constitution, if Congress did not require it
by resolutions, he is bound “from time to time to give
to the Congress, information of the state of the Union,
and recommend to their consideration such measures as
he shall judge necessary and expedient.” The Pre- 1
sident does not pretend to assume a power which be
longs to Congress to take any subject under their con- :
sideration, and to pass bills *, he only argues on the '
grounds taken by the Supreme Court to establish the :
constitutionality of the bank charter, from which he de
duces this proposition, that the Executive, if required by
Congress, would have given any information in his pos
session respecting the necessity and propriety of a bank ;
organized as the one contemplated by the bill before him*
for carrying on the operations of tfce government. He
means nothing more than what lias been required of all
Presidents before, and of him also, by Congress.
The President as well as both houses of Congress,
are the constitutional judges of the necessity and pro
priety of a law. With this difference, that notwith
! standing the objections of the Pre**«t»~* f Congress can
pass a law **y the concurrence of two thirds of the
members present. This power in the President, being
co-extensive with that of Congress, it follows then that
it is as much the right of the one to give his opinion, on
the rejection and sanction of a bill or resolution, as it is
unquestionably the right of the other co-ordinate branch
of the legislative branch of the government, to cxer.
cise it when it is thought proper to do so, with this ma
terial difference, that the constitution does not require !
Congress to express an opinion but by their votes, while
it enjoins the President to express that opinion in writ
ing, if he rejects a bill. It is true that the President
docs not possess, by the constitution any initiative pri
vilege ; but being a necessary agent in the formation of j
a law, his opinion is as constitutional, though emanating!
but from one individual, as the opinion of both houses |
of Congress, emanating from 2GI. Therefore when 1
these two branches of the government keep within
their constitutional spheres, cither has as much right toj
be consulted as the other, when points of difference a-)
rise, and when doubts exist of a perfect agreement in!
the exercise of their legislative powers. The Presi.
dent is the executive officer of the laws ; he has before
his eyes, and under his care, all the machinery of go
vernment ; he is then more able to find out any defect!
which may prevent this machinery from going on har
moniously. If the Bank of the United States is “ ne
cessary and proper,” to keep in harmony the machinery jl
of government, certainly the President is better calcu-'l
I lated than Congress to determine the question. It was)
j in that light, that the President expressed himself, and;
; in no other; for this expression is based only on the!
; supposition that Congress, agreeing with the Supreme j
| Court in the constitutionality of the United States Bank,'
on the ground that such an institution is “ necessary I
and proper,” for carrying on the operations of the go-1
vemment, should have had strong proof, before passing!
| the law, that this bank was really necessary and proper,
to the government. Besides, as the President state o ,
( “ the bank is professedly established as an agent of the '*
executive branches of the government, and its consti- 1
tutionality maintained on that ground,” certainly the ex-;!
| ecutive branches of the government should be better j
qualified to judge of the necessity and propriety of such |!
an agency in the discharge of their duties ; and, there
fore, there would have been no great condescension on 1
the part of Congress, if, under such circumstances, the';
President, as head of those executive branches, had !
1 been consulted, whether such an agency, as the United
! States Bank, was needed for carrying on the operations *
of the government.
The fact is, the message is so masterly a production;
its reasonings so convincining ; it breathes so pure and
so devoted a spirit of patriotism ; it contains such a cor.
! rect view of the powers of the three great branches of.
! the federal government; and it exhibits such a perfect;
■ understanding of the letter and sptritof the constitution?'
j that the editors of the National Intelligencer were at a'
!los* to find a vulnerable pare at which they could po: ,,
|their envenomed arrows. Bat their motives will bo do
jly appreciated by the people; and an adequate rewur.*
awaits the distinguished gentlemen who dictate to thonj
what they have to write, and whorp and what they havo
to censure.
fominuniiAiioiH.
rkvikw.
i Acts of the Legislature of Georgia , passed i:-
| the 'years 1825 and 1931, concerning the grin .
i tire of Medicine:
Ancient legislation shews the law-makers lo '
luive had on extreme contempt for the under,
{standing of the people, while they appeared to
| have sincere regard for their happiness. In or.
jdcr that they might not incur the displeasure of
'the deity, the words in which they were to ini.
jplorc forgiveness for offences, and return thanks
fur his favours, were prescribed. That the
might not be imposed on in hats, shoes, and otln-r
|necessaries, those who furnished the articles
were compelled to serve a certain number of
i years in learning their business. In some in.
i stances the children wore taken at a certain aa r c
| from the parental board, fed, clothed and hr
iup by the agents of the government. Aim,;;-
j every action of men was regulated by the go.
vernment. Individuals were not left to e\er
cise their reason and judgment at all. From
this stale of things there appears to have beer
a very gradual relaxation on the part of rulers,
until the American revolution, when the mind
of man appeared to take a sudden leap out of
| darkness into light. Since the establishment of
I our government, many things thought of on! v
i by a few of the learned, arc well understood by
| the whole body of the people, and have been a.
j dopted as maxims by them.
It is believed by them, that individuals should
| be left, as much as possible, to manage their
i personal and private affairs in their own wav.
: They think laws are intended either to correct
evils or create benefits. When intended to cor
rect evils, their existence should be clearly ns.
certaiucd. After that is done, the next thing
to be considered is, can it be remedied by legis
lation ? If it arises from an erroneous habit of
thinking, correct that habit by giving iuformn.
tion. Laws are but poor correctives of those
evils mankind suffer from ignorance. By mul
tiplying laws unnecessarily, the people contract
a habit of disregard of them, and then disohev
c y .
the best. We see every day that the laws
made to define .and enforce the obligations of
men to tneir fellow-men, and to the community,
are enforced, hut those that are thought to on
croach on individual right seldom are.
The idea of liberty, which prevails in this
country, is, that men have a right to do what
ever they please, provided they do not injure
others, or the community. We do not pretend
to be wise enough to settle the dispute between
the savage and civilized man, as to the superb
ority of their situations ; as in this country our
wisest men appear to have bad doubts on the
subject. Doctor Franklin believed the savage
state the happiest, and Mr. Jefferson preferred
it to one too much regulated. The people of
Georgia, however, have decided that a regulated
state is best ; but still retain enough of the sav
age disposition to dislike regulations assuming
to go further, than controul their conduct to.
wards their fellow man, and towards the govern,
ment. They insist on their right to manage
their private and personal affairs in their own
way.
Two laws have been passed by the legisla.
ture of this State, within a few } - cnrs past, widely
wc think, show knowledge in legislation to be.
decaying instead of increasing ; and appear fa
indicate a purpose in our law-makers, to revive
and enforce long exploded opinions. And strange
us it. may seem, the people appear disposed to
submit tamely to the encroachment on their
rights.
The law of 1925.—N0 one shall prescribe
for the cure of diseases, for fee or reward, with
out a ‘ license.
All who have much acquaintance with ike
topography of the state, know, that over an cx*
tensive surface of it, the people are too thinly
settled, and arc too poor to induce educated phy
sicians j.o settle among them. The way they
manage is us follows :—When an accident takes
place, or a case of-common sickness occurs,
they send fur the most experienced old man,
who may live nearest, whose sole acquirement
may bo only a knowledge of the usual dose of
Jallup, Calomel, Salts, &c. A few lucky cases
raises the old man’s fame; applications after a
while become so frequent, that in justice to his
family, lie is compelled to receive compensa
tion, or decline practice. The first dose of Jab
la]i he gives, and receives pay lor, subjects him
to a fine not exceeding -SSOO ; the second, im
prisonment. 11 is bonds, notes, and accounts, to
bo void. Is there any thing in the institutions
of Russia, Turkey, or any other people, either
ancient or modern, more tyrannical or sub.
versive Os private and individual right ? Here
seems great solicitude to protect tire people from
an evil they are threatened with ; here too, ft
manifested a desire to promote the science of me
dicine. Some who, like ourselves, have never
made government a particular study, will en
quire it the greatest individual freedom is not
compatible with the highest cultivation of tho
sciences ?
It is true these arc not on the pati
ent, but the quack. Where is the difference ?
There is a prohibition of a man doing the b&t
he might in distress, were it not for the law. In
some parts of Richmond county, the people live 1
| more than twenty miles from any physician.; if
jit is not the case now it was a few years ago-
In those parts there may live men, to when
their neighbours attribute skill sufficient to man
age common cases of sickness, and whom the}'
would chose to employ, in preference-to sending
to Augusta, where the-physicians cannot afford
to practice without charging enough fur a fc« j
distant visits to view a poor man.
Midwifery is also regulated. Here too ap
pears to have been felt sentiments of tender re
gard for tlie welfare of the softer sex, very bc
jcoming the hardier. This branch of medicine
jin the country is almost entirely in the hands of
females, who in all common cases manage very
well. If the law was enforced, it would drift
that class of practitioners entirely out of the
business, to the great inconvenience of the peo
ple. On the large plantations below Augusta*, j
I understand it to be the practice to send froir- |
one plantation to another for assistance. Sb e
who gets a little more reputation than the restol W j
the practitioners, is, culled on often, but cannot
be spared from plantation service, without coif
pehsation ;so sjie has t to dectyn,e practice, as the
white women in the same business do. This is
not of sp.muck consequence. The rich plan
iters,can afford to pay weft, and send a distance
for their servants.
After the legislature had determined to rege
late all these matters and things, ougW