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' BRANGH MINTS.
DEB A TE IN THE SENA TE.
Friday, April 17, 1549.
The bill supplementary to the act entitled, “An act
to establish branches of the Mint of the U. States,”
approved March 2d, 1335, coming upon its third
reading.
Mr. LUMPKIN said: Mr. President, the hon
orable Senator from Kentucky [Mr. Clay] appears,
from the remarks which have fallen from him, to
have neglected to examine the provisions of this bill.
This bill, sir, if I understand its provisions, will add
nothing to the expenditures in sustaining the branch
mints. It is intended to increase the business and
profits of these mints, without at all increasing the
expenses. By the provisions of this bill, additional
labor, it is contemplated, will have to be performed
by the existing officers of the mints; but no in
crease of officers or salaries is either intended or
provided for.
The Senator considers these branch mints ns a
Mead charge upon the Government, and worse than
useless, and desires to know where the silver bul
lion is to be obtained for the coinage of the small
coins, twenty-five cents and under, provided for by
■the bill. In regard to the expenditures which have
been necessary to get these mints into operation, it
is proper to remark that these expenditures upon
the necessary erection of suitable buildings, and the
necessary machinery and fixtures, is chargeable to
the policy ami act of Congress, creating and estab
lishing these branch mints, and ought not now, in
the second year of the operations of these branch
mints, to be brought into the account of profit and
loss, to exaggerate the ordinary expenditures in the
operations of these establishments. This expendi
ture in outfit will not he necessary again for many
years to come- And,sir, although the Senator from
Kentucky [Mr. Clay] has always been opposed to
•these branch mints, he has not yet been able, with
all his admitted ability, to convince me, or that por
tion of the country which is most interested in this
subject, of the inexpediency or inutility of this
measure; and lam glad to have it hi my power to
add, that a majority of Congress have hitherto dif
fered with the honorable Senator on this subject.
A more unfavorable time, to the friends of this
measure, could not have been selected, than the pre
sent, to discuss the policy of establishing these
mints. A variety of circumstances conspire at the
present moment to disparage the utility of these
branch mints. Nevertheless,sir, I think the closest
scrutiny find investigation will but increase the
friends of this measure. From the best information
which I have been able to obtain on the subject, 1
fed authorized to express the opinion, that what is
termed the mining region of the Southern States,
affords inexhaustible mines, sufficiently productive
in the precious metals, especially gold, to amply
justify the establishment of these branch mints, ami
to sustain them for generations to come.
To a great extent the best of what is termed the
deposite mines will, in a limited period, be measura
bly exhausted. But should the vein mines prove to
be equal to what they are believed and represented
to he by gentlemen of high character and intelli
gence, who have spent much time and labor in in
vestigating and examining the value of these mines,
there can be no doubt of the continuance and im
portance of the mining business in the gold region
of the Southern States. I speak in reference more
particularly to the gold region of my own State,
(Georgia) from whence I derive the information up
on which I rely most. Those who have persever
ingly pursued the mining business in Georgia for
the longest period of time, are the most fixed and
settled in tiieir convictions of it being a very profi
table business.
Various causes have tended to divert labor from
the gold mines of Georgia for several years past.
The Indian wars and disturbances upon our borders
and in Florida, has taken a great number of labor
ing men from the mines into the volunteer service of j
the country. Again, we have been rapidly progress- >
iiig for several years past, in the construction of :
several important and extensive railroads, which has j
created an extraordinary demand for labor, and con
sequently raised the price of wages beyond what
has heretofore been known in the country. More
over, the very high prices of agricultural products
of every description for the last few years have been
sufficient to satisfy the industry and enterprise of
that most valuable class of the community, the agri
culturalist.
Are not these causes, sir, which I have adverted
to, sufficient to account for the fact, tiiat much of
the labor and enterprise, heretofore attracted to the
mining business, should he diverted to the pursuits
of other employments, affording such unusual en
couragement to labor. But, sir, a few of the past
years have been too prosperous for us to indulge the
hope of the uninterupted perpetuation of such days.
A change has already overspread the whole coun
try. High wages and high prices for our agricul
tural products are no longer the theme in any sec
tion of our wide spread country; but the reverse.
The great cause of the distressing change of the
times is a subject worthy of the profound considera
tion of every statesman, but this is not the time or
the occasion for that discussion.
My object in adverting to these facts, is to show
the probability that the day is not far distant when
a much larger portion of labor and capital will be
drawn to the mining business. Whatever objections
maybe justly raised against the mining business,
yet it is a hard money, a cash business. And when !
the products of the country cannot he exchanged
for money at a fair price, those who have it convc- !
niently in their power to do so,'will turn their atten
tion to raising the precious metals from their beds
of obscurity in the bowels of the earth. The pro
fits of mining in Georgia are variously estimated,
and I will therefore forbear to enter upon the details |
of information, which I now have in my possession,
derived from highly respectable gentlemen, in whom
I have confidence. Suffice it to say, I am well sa
tisfied that no agricultural pursuit in our country |
affords a more certain or greater prospect of profit |
than the mining business, provided the investment |
in mining is conducted with the requisite skill, pru
dence, and perseverance.
Under all the disadvantages to which I have ad
verted, and which these branch mints have encoun
tered thus far, yet we find, from the report of Mr.
Patterson, the director of the mint at Philadelphia,
that, during the past year, 1839, the branch mint at
Charlotte, North Carolina, received cleposites of gold
to the value of $126,836. The amount of its coin
age was $162, 707 50, composed of 23,467 half ea
gles, and 18,173 quarter eagles. And the branch
mint at Dahlouega, Georgia, received, during the
same year, deposites of gold to the value of 113,-
035; and its coinage amounted to $128,880, compos
. ed of 13,939 half eagles, and 13,674 quarter eagles.
And the Director adds: “These two mints are in a
very satisfactory condition, and are fully able to ex
ecute much mo.e work than has yet been required
of them.”
The director also states in his report, that the ca
pacity of the mint and its branches is now abund
antly sufficient for all the gold coinage necessary
for the metallic circulation of the country, and re‘-
eoaimends a repeal of the act of June 28th, 1834. as
he presumes that the provisions of that act, making
foreign gold coins a legal tender, is no longer neces
sary. If the views of the director be correct, and I
think they are obviously so, the carrying out of these
views would give additional work to our mints, bv
the recoinage of foreign coins. And, sir, whether
their work and utility be increased in this way or not,
these branch mints, if sustained by proper legisla
tion, such as we propose in the present bill, will not
fail in greatly increasing the metallic circulation of
the country.
Rut, sir, I must not forget to reply to the question
of the Senator from Kentucky. [Mr. Clay,] where
i is the silver to be obtained for coinage at these branch
j mints? My reply is, that whenever mining opera
; tions are carried on in gold, some portion, more or
i less, of silver is found. I understand silver to he
I the natural alloy of gold. I am not prepared to
state, with precision, what proportion or quantity of
silver is usually found in the mining operations of
the gold region of the Southern States; but I am im
pressed with the belief, that sufficient quantities are
found to make it an object of importance to author
ize the branch mints, as contemplated in this bill,
to coin pieces of twenty-five cents and under. And,
sir, 1 consider the coinage and circulation of these
small pieces of great importance to all that range
of the interior of the Southern States, where these
branch mints are located. Sir, it is in that section
of country that the people suffer most from the cir
culation of your miserable , worthless, little shin
plasters. It is a part of the country far removed
from your unsound banking institutions, and manu
factories of paper money. The people being igno
rant of the true condition and source from whence
these paper tickets and shinplasters have issued, as
often receive, by imposition, illegitimate as legiti
mate shinplasters. I wish to legalize and encour
age the coinage of small silver change, to supply tiie
place of that worthless trash, called change bills. I
have always been opposed to the circulation of these
change hills, and once had a leading agency in my
own State in driving them entirely from our circula
tion. One of the greatest evils connected with what
has been the hanking policy of our country, has
been that of issuing small hills. The banking sys
tem might have survived for years yet to come, if
there never had been an issue of small bills, by any
banking institution—an issue bringing paper into
circulation, in competition with the constitutional
coins of the country. Experience has now demon
strated the impossibility of keeping up a sp°cie cir
culation for use, in the every day small transactions
of the business of life, while hills of like denomina
tions with our coins are scattered throughout the
country. Coins, the better currency, will he hoarded
by the hanks, as well as individuals, and exported
abroad when necessary to promote the interest of the
holder; and the people of the country will be left to
the use of depreciated bank bills, in the place of their
own constitutional ccins.
Mr. President, I am not disposed to conceal from
the Senate, that I consider the establishment of these
branch mints a subject of deep local interest and im
portance to the interior of all the Southern States,
embracing what is called the gold region, as well as
to the adjacent and surroundingcountry. It is a sec
tion of country, sir, which, from its geographical po
sition, derives hut little benefit from the vast expen
ditures ami disbursements of this Federal Govern
ment. It is a tax paying and not a tax gathering
country. It is the country which forms an important
portion of your hone and sinew, in peace and in war.
These people look not to your Government for spe
cial and extraordinary favors in the form ot bounties
or protection. But, sir, God and nature having pla
ced in the land of their residence and choice, inex
haustible mines of the most precious and valuable
metal known to the world when used as the currency
of a country; and yon having, with a view to the
common interest of the whole Confederacy, estab
lished these branch mints, for the coinage of tiiepre
cions metals, which they, with toil and labor, raise
from the bowels of the earth, and thereby having
taught them the advantages of their locution—l ask,
sir, will yon now in the second year of your policy
in relation to these branch mints, crush and destroy
all the bright anticipations, which you, by your po
licy, have created?
I confess, sir, I am surprised and astonished to
hear gentlemen advcc'-’te the abolition of tiicse mints
—speak of selling out the interest of the Govern
ment in these establishments. Surely these propo
sitions are made without due reflection and conside
ration; especially, coming as they do, from those
who arc the known advocates of encouraging various
branches of domestic industry. During the present
session of Congress a great number of petitions, nu
merously signed by highly respectable citizens, and
from various sections of the country, have been pre
sented to the Senate, asking encouragement and
protection to the domestic silk interest of our coun
try; and many of these petitions having been refer
red to the Committee on Manufactures, of which I
have the honor of being chairman, has caused me to
reflect much upon that subject; and although op
posed to protecting tariffs, 1 am pleased to say that
my feelings coincide with the sentiments which I
have heard fall from the Senator from Kentucky
j [Mr. Clay] in regard to this branch of agricultural
j industry/ I am clearly of opinion, that a high re-
I venue duty should he laid upon ail foreign silks im
| ported into the United States. But, sir, in reflecting
upon this subject, I have come to the conclusion
that no duty on foreign silk, or bounty on domestic
silk, would so effectually advance the silk culture
in our country, as would the establishment of area
dv market, in every neighborhood, for the sale, at a
fair price, of ail the cocoons which could he produc
ed by tiie industry and enterprise of our people. A
market for all that can he produced, whether in large
or small quantities. This, however, is not a work
for the Government —it must he loft to individual en
terprise and capital to effect thi® object. My object in
this digression, from gold to silk, sir, is to present to
the Senate more clearly the groat advantages of these
branch mintsto thepeoplein the vicinity of their loca
tion. This gold region spreads over a great extent of
country,and tens of thousands of the citizens of these
States are directly or indirectly interested in the mi
ning business. Since the establishment of these
branch mints, every individual who can collect gold,
in large or small quantities—whether rich or poor—
can get a fair price for his gold, and that in good
hard monsv. and his own immediate neighborhood.
It has established a fair and just trade in the pi e
cious metal. The frauds formerly practised by both
buyers and sellers, are now rarely heard of.
The Pigeon Roost , and other kindred banks, no
longer engross the advantages of the miner’s labor.
He'"takes‘his gold to the mint, and there receives for
it a fair equivalent in coin. The amount ot bullion
I received at the branch mints in North Carolina and
Georgia the past year, (1839,) and chiefly taken - from
i the mines in their immediate vicinities, has afforded
a coinage of $291,537; and, from causes which 1
i i ia ve already explained, it is believed by those who
are in the most favorable positions to the formation
of correct opinions on the subject, that the increase
of the present year will justify estimating the coin
| a cp at $500,000. Sir, this is no inconsiderable item
iif the circulation of a country which is threatened
with the banishment of a sound specie currency.—
i Mr. President, lam not in the least surprised that
j doubts and opposition should have existed, when the
proposition was first presented to Congress for the
establishment of these branch mints. But, to my
mind, it is most extraordinary indeed, that any re
flecting man can, at this time, favor the idea of abol
ishing these mils. Yet, sir, we find such a propo
sition before the Senate of the United States; and
that, too, when the mints are in their infancy of only
the second year; when the prospects of their utility to
the country are every day increasing and developing
themselves to all who are acquainted with the cir
cumstances appertaining to the subject.
Now that capital and labor to a large extent has
been invested in the mining business, improved and
expensive machinery procured to carry on the oper
ations we find this 'effort introduced here to pros
trate both the policy of the Government and the in
terest of a very numerous and meritorious class ot
citizen® bv a sudden and unexpected abandonment
of what’ was considered the settled policy of the
Government. . ~ , ,
The mining interest in tne gold region is already
reviving, and it i® altogether reasonable to expect
that the mines will he much more extensively work
ed than heretofore. The investigation of scien
tific men, aided by ample capital, has resulted re
cently, and in several instances, in making consider
able Investments in the mining business. ' This, in
connection with the reduced once of agricultural
products, and the increased value of gold, (which is
at least seven per cent.) will, with the favora- le in
dications presented by the mines themselves, both
for richness and durability, give additional spirit and
activity to the mining operations. Lnder these cir
cumstances, sir, f cannot the apprehension
that Congress will fail to pass this bill, and contin
ue to give its countenance and support to these
branch mints, until a full and fair trial, at leas ,
shall be made of the utility of their establishment.
Saturday Morning, May 3, IS4O.
PUBLIC MEETING.
The undersigned, respectfully, recommend to the citi
zens of Richmond county, friendly to the present adminis
tration, and opposed to William H. Harrison for the pre»i
--’ ' dency, that a meeting be held at the Masonic Hall, in the
city of Ausrusta, This Evening, "2d May, at BP. M., for the
purpose of selecting a delegate to the Baltimore Coven
tion, and for the adoption of such measures as best calcu
lated to preserve the purity of the Constitution,and main
tain the rights and interests of the south,
; John Phinizy William Schley
I Robert McDonald Thomas Glascock
I John Moore Garey F. Parish
j Robert F. Poe Lewis Keunou
1 T. N. Poullaia Isaac S. Tuttlo
i Roh.rt Walton A. Baudry
j Roberts. Dill John A. Rhodes
I J. G. McWhorter Win. Legg
I Lewis Harris John Rees
I G. B. Red R. Norrell.
! Thomas J. Walton B. Picquet
I Thomas J Wray Janies McLaws
I George Schley C. C. Taliaferro
! Philip McGran Garrett Lawrence
j P. C. Guieu Richard Allen
J. Bignon John Bones
. Martin Frederick I. P. Garvin
Davis Bottom James A. M. Gardner
Isaac Moisc James T. Gray
Benjamin Baird A. Read
Edward Campfield N. Delaigle
Thomas Tobin Alexander Martin
Thomas Barrett John P. King
Thomas Richards R. A Reid
Angus Martin A. Picquet
John Shly John B. Guieu
E. Starnes W. H. Maharry
W. Ewing Johnston William O. Price
B. B. Kirtland J. W. Wigbtman
Sami. M. Thompson John Bridges
J. If. Mann Geo. C. Gordon
N. H. Whitlaw Isaac A. Brokaw
S. B. Groves Tbos. P. Cleveland
Wm. R. McLaws Peter W. Auteu
William V. Ker A. G. \\ illis
.1. W. O’Shea ‘ William Claggett
Lyman Roath W. 11. McLean
.1. B. Cartripht E. M. Larcher
Daniel W Dill Andrew Rowland
John Davison C. F. Hoffman
F. M. Jennings Henry L. Weeks
John Milihouse Edward F. Campbell
F. Barton C. T. Rich
Philip Sage N. Johnston
Dennis Joseph Herbert Stallings
H.R.Philpott Jeremiah Morris
HenryHora M. Gallaher
C. H. Goodman F. C. Taylor
Overion Cosby Edward Averell
E. N. Thompson A. L. Kline
A. W. Noel Daniel Mixer
M. Shehan J. B. Stockton
Joseph Davis H. O. Cook
Win. B. Savage John D. Ramey
Paul G. Cottlo E. H. Graves
James T. Elaiu D. L. Holliday
P. Tcnnick Win. H. Goodman
11. Cassou John M. Brown
Win. Porter H. Kenner
B. F. Lyon Peter Fales
■las. B. Calvin A. C. Wise
Wilson A. Green J. W. Wood
Elihew Gibbs James Calvin
Walter Harris J. W. Meredith, jr.
Stephen Tillman James Godby
Matthew N. Fox P. Carre
Jas. M. Mood David A. Philpot
. E. Hodges , .1 D. Cameron
Thomas Philpot C. Bairs
Saml.C.Mustin William R. Tant
Charles Stevens . W. W. Barron
Edmd. B.Glascock A.Z. Banta,.
Philip Crump Thos. Hopkins
J. P. Allen G M. Newton.
Richd. Brown Wm. Lawson
J. Ganter Uriah '■Back
V. Walker A. Rhodes
Beni. Harris Matthew Tucker
W. T. Ingram J. W. Freeman
j Charles Lord Mark Tucker
( The bill abolishing imprisonment for debt for non
. resident debtors, has passed both branches of the
t New Nork legislature.
It is stated that nearly four thousand dollars were re
l ccived for canal tolls at Rochester, N. Y. in the first two
days of navigation.
: jFROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.]
; WASHINGTON, April 27.
, “What will be done about Georgia?” is a ques
tion which lias been much asked lately, owing to
l the dissentions in the state rights party and their del
’ egation in Congress, on abstract matters, which
; must finally form themselves into one single propo
; pjtion :—whether the vote of the state shall he given
■ to the Federal or Republican Party ? Setting aside
1 all preferences for men, and acknowledging the
! plausibility of the resolutions passed at Milledge
• ville, that “neither Harrison nor Van Buren should
C receive the support of the State Rights Party,” he
! must be dved deeply in the wool of Federalism, who
’ would not as a dernier resort, take the latter; and
vet, it is said that some one or two strict consiruc
■ tion Constitutional men from your state, have a
I j maw sufficiently capacious to swallow as aged an
‘ essence of Federalism as Gen. Harrison is.
In a state ofruin, brought upon us by the thou
sand undone swindling Banks that have condemned
> whole states to want and beggary, is Harrison the
; ; skilful pilot—lias he ever proved himself in any
i | capacity sufficiently so ? —to guide us in the good
1 i old economical Republican path 1 No! Bent down,
j with nearly the whole number of years allotted to
man on his back, he is as much of a fanatic in re
t gard to slavery as John Quincy Adams has shown
i himself to be, and woe betide the Southern man who
! would now dare insult the people, by taking him as
( his file leader.
1 : To what, then, must the present two parties in
' your state resort? The questions ofState Rights and
[• Union have settled down into regular bores, and the
’ black flag of Abolition and Federalism calls for an
r | immediate gathering of the parties of Federalists
’ and Republicans, as in days of yore. When that
orv shall have arisen, two thirds of the state rights
1 partv will fly to the standard of Democracy, and the
whole south will be as united as ouemanin defence
5 of Jeffersonian principles.
r
1 The Stats Rights Convention, it is said here, will
nominate a Harrison Electoral Ticket in Georgia.
5 . “It will be the last one they will ever put forth,” as
' a distinguished gentleman said to me a day or two
. since;and “each name upon it will be a nail in that
- political coffin, hereafter to be eternally covered by
* fie pall of Federalism.” In a short time, this body
J vill meet —and the claims of Messrs. Colquitt and
Dawson will be urged for Governor, and a desper
.• ite attempt will be made to throw otTMessrs. Black
1 md Cooper—which may succeed , as all the elements
<fpolitical warfare will be brought against them.
A nd why? Because they voted for a printer who
- stood bv Georgia in her hour of peril, and they would
1 ict succumb to a journalist who scattered far and
! vide the bloody sentiments of Slade, of Vermont, a
. «ut-throat Abolitionist! Are the people of your
state prepared to abandon such men ? Is the Dem
ocratic party of Georgia disposed to trust the olive
branch tendered by them into the flames? Does
principle point out no course in this matter to those
: who have stood by us in danger ? If these questions
are answered in the negative, then, indeed, have we i
lost the greatest pillars of past success.
I he virtue and strength of the Democratic partv
rests upon the compromise of minor principles, in
order to secure the success of a great and holy cause.
This is an occasion which calls for the exercise of
onr peculiar tenets in this respect. It is evident to
every reflecting mind here, and I am glad to see that
you have manfully urged it—not that my need of
. praise may be worth anything,hut it is founded upon
the opinions of those who have spent an ago of pub
! lie sendee in your State, and are better qualified to
judge than any one else.
The result of the Virginia election has not created
much sensation, inasmuch as the popular vote is
certainly in favor of Mr. Van Buren, as will be tri
umphantly shown in the fall. As soon as the hue
and cry of hard cider shall have evaporated, and it
speedily must, the old Dominion will show herselt
true to the principles of Jefferson.
The Report of the Committee on Rows was or
dered to be printed. An attempt was made this
morning, to reconsider this order, but it failed by a
large majority. Mr. Garland made an apology to
the House for his conduct in the skrimmage, the par
ticulars of which I furnished you at the time it oc
curred.
All the day was occupied by Mr. Delict, of Ala
bama, in an excellent Federal speech, in which he
stated that the only good acts of Gen. Jackson's life
were the promulgation of the principles, contained
in the Proclamation and Force Bill! 'Phis speech
was listened to by my particular State Rights friends
with that kind of pleasure that a man feels, while
swallowing arsenic or assafeetida. For myself, 1
was much gratified with the matter it contained, al
though I heard it in Alabama last summer, or great
portions of it. Mr. Delict is a bold, severe, satirical
Federalist of the old school, and does honor to the
party of the older Adams. If the balance of the
“Whigs” had the courage to avow his principles,
we should soon be rid of them south of Mason and
Dixon’s line.
After Mr. D. concluded, Mr. Stanley, ofN. C., said
he had a speech in embryo, treating of some half do
zen subjects foreign to the appropriation bill, but he
was willing to postpone it for the present. Mr. Drom
goole urged that in future gentlemen should speak to
the bill under consideration, and not transgress the
rules of order. Mr. Bell, ofTcnn., wnsalso in favor
ofaetjon. A communication was then handed in from
Mr. Forsyth, and other Secretaries, showing that
the public service was unprovided for every where,
and asking the immediate passage of the hill. Mr.
Hubbard, of Alabama, then spoke a few moments
in opposition to the remarks of Mr. Delict, and ho
ped he would have a chance of replying to his ar
guments when the Sub Treasury Bill was taken
up. Mr. Delict explained a statement made byJMr.
j H. that he (Mr. D.) was in lavorofaTariflTofProtec
i tion. Mr. Crahh, of Ala. then expressed himself
in favor of a National Bank, and rag paper. He
was followed by Mr. Pro flit, of Indiana, who said he
intended to make a speech some time in the evening,
Mr. J. Q. Adams said the same, and “so on,” as Dr.
Cophagus saj s.
I see that the Abolition cause, (for I hold Harri
son’s to be no other) has shown its hoof in Angus
tn. If the elections in our country were held in the
yellow fever time, I marvel how many “great gath
erings” of the Humbug parry would he held in
Charleston, Augusta, Mobile, New Orleans, and oth
er places ? To judge from past seasons, Whigs
will be very scarce about those cities in August.
Tuesday Morning, April 23 — 9 A. 31.
I left the Capitol last night a few minutes before
12 o’clock, with some half dozen members of the
House, who were tolerably wearied by listening to
‘ Federal speeches ; hut, lo and behold ! this morning,
’ at 7 o’clock, on looking from my window, I found
the Star spangled Banner still waving over the Cap
itol, and the mobocratic representatives of tiie peo
ple. On entering, 1 found a call of the House go
- ing on, and had the doors quickly closed upon me.
i There was about twenty or thirty members present
- in their seats ; the rest were strewed at the follovv
i ing places on the floor: under the reporter’s desks
. and their own ; in Pettihone's and Boulanger’s dog
, garics; and every where else out of the Capitol,
, save at their boarding houses or rooms. Some half
, dozen wo-begones from the East were shortly
. brought in by the Sergeant at Arms, and begged
1 each to be saved from the payment of two dollars—
. and it was agreed that they should be. On this oc
, casion, there was not many “high,” inasmuch as all
1 that had become so, were snoozing away on the enr
. pets comfortably, and were merely tickled with a
y quill pen when their names were called. As soon
, as answered, they fell back into a glorious state of
somnolency. So the matter stands, and tiiere is no
. ! doubt of our passing the Bill at present. This
1 Whiggery ! Whiggery !! What sins thou hast lo
. answer for!
The news from Virginia this morning is, that the
1 Whigs are on/y two ahead of us.—We may come
out vet, notwithstanding the “hurrahs” of our op
, poneuts.
The Whigs say Mr. Van Buren will resign, and
, old Hickory will be taken up by our party ! This is
, like the rest of their stories.
[communicated.]
To a Northern Man:
I Next October and November, if you are so wofully blind
I that you cannot see it now; both text and application are
> so clear that "he who runs may read."
x - BILL BREVITY,
N. B.—By the by, my name is not Billy, but plain un
t varnished Bill; it may sound more aristocratic to your re
fined ear, but I prefer my own title, classical or not.
5 B. B.
I From the Muskingum (Ohio) Valley .]
HARRISON AND'HIS GUARDIANS!
[ An unsuppressihle feeling of indignation is mani
fested by the people in all parts of Ohio at the pitti
ful game the federal leaders are playing ofl upon
5 honest men with their candidate for President. It
» would make the old man groan in the spirit to go
t out, unknown, among the unsophisticated, straight
up-and-down farmers of Ohio, both whists and de
-1 mocrats, and hear himself unequivocally condemned
f for this contemptible piece of clap trap, of which he
1 is guiltv. .
Let Him come into Morgan county , lor instance —
let him go out among his own party friends—those
' who are whigs of honest motives, and who confide in
3 the professions of sincerity of their tenders —and he
will soon be convinced that they will not vote for a
) man for the chief officer of their Republic, who will
not come out independently and tell them upon what
principles he intends to administer the affairs oj
I their government, if they bestow upon him their
i votes.
We were ia the country lust Friday and Saturday.
—a————l—g—Mwna——3—c———
We were at apolitical gathering, where there were ,
not less than two hundred whigs and democrats, of
Brookfield, Olive, Noble, Manchester and Jackson
townships assembled. The fact of Harrison having
been placed under the guardianship and control of a
select committee of three from now till after the elec
tion, was made known to all. The bare correspond
ence of the committee, which no one disputes now
to be genuine, when shown them, was enough, with
out a word of comment. True, it was a theme of
ridicule among the democrats —but with the whigs,
but one did we find or did we hear of, who pretended
to form an excuse for Harrison. That man was al
ways a most malignant federal partisan, and to cup
the climax, an Abolitionist.
There are hundreds of good men of the whig
party, who, if they look at this matter in its true
light, without the prejudice that either party may at
-1 tempt to create, will ?hiin such a candidate and such
! a party, as rats w ill desert a sinking ship.
| Harrison trjtl say nothinsr more about his priori - ’ft
p/e*,because he is satisfied that it will he an impos* •
sihility to suit the views of all the different frag*
ments of which his party is made up. How can be* C
to give satisfaction to the South, rav he is opposed to
the fanatical doctrines of the Aboi itiomsts, and
" jl| defend the country against their infernal schemes,
without depriving himself of the numerous voles
, | which they, in a mass, have promised him? If he
I docs this, they will to a man drop him at once, and
I his faintest hopes are dead.
How ( an he say to the Abolitionists that he will
| put an end forever to the consummation of their
| first darling project,—which they intend as an en
i teriug-wedge for worse to follow—by refusing to sign
a law to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia,
should they succed in getting such an one through
Congress, without exciting their hostility ?
How can he say that he is in favor of the Aboli
tion of slavery in the District, by act of Congress,
and that he w ill aid the passage of such a law, w ith
out not only raising the indignant south in one en
; tire mass against him, but also loose the support of
| the great portion oftbc bouesi wings in the free states
. who look upon that scheme as being t lie precursor of
j disunion, anarchy and all the horid attendants of ci
vil war?
He cannot do it! Yet, shame upon tin; man—and
shame upon the leaders.who encourage him mid who
are trying to mislead the people, lie is endeavoring
by sullen silence to reconcile all these different
and opposite opinions to support him! Was there
ever such an insult offered to men of honesty, who
acknowledge no controlling power but good laws
and good conscience ?
rom the Charleston Courier , A aril 30.]
LATEST FROM ENGLAND,—DIRECT.
The ship Helen, Capt. Smith, arrived at this port
yesterday, from Liverpool, whence she left on the
j 23th ult.
We are indebted to Capt. Smith, for the London
! Times of the 25th and 26th nit., and the Liverpool
j Mail of the 26th, from which we have made soma
I tew extracts. There appears to be no political in- t
| telligeuce of importance.
! The Helen brought but very few commercial let*
• i ters. One that has been shown us, dated 25th ult.,
! states that the sales of cotton on that day readied
2500 hags, at the prices of the previous day.
“LI VERPOOL, March 26.—Pretty fair Uplands
, are worth by a s|c. —good, from 6to 6].”
LIVERPOOL, March 21. — Cotton. —We have on
ly to report a moderate business in cotton to-dav,
I the sales being 2,500 bags. 350 Americans were for
j export, and the remainder to the trade.
The market is quiet, but without change in prices,
i LIVERPOOL, March 2-I. Cotton. —There has
been only a moderate demand for Cotton to day, arid
the sales of nil kinds do not exceed 2500 bags. The
market is dull, but prices arc without alteration,
i” LI VERPOOL, March 25.—T0-day’s sales ofCot
; 1 ton amount to 150!) bag*,including 500 American on
. j speculation, and 350 fi>r expoit. The market is
j free!v supplied, but prices are without alteration.
’ ■ LONDON, March 26. (Irene activity prevails in
■ 1 the royal dock yards at Chatham and Sheerness,
i and several line of buttle ships are in a stale of rapid
. ; forwardness. The London, ninety guns, it is ex
■ peeled, w ill be launched from the former establish*
I mo«tearlvin the mouth of June next. Orders from
I the Admiralty to that effect were received on Friday
■ j last. —Skipping Gazette.
, j Savins?. —lu England alone the capital belonging
to tin operatives in the Savings’ Banks now amounts
to £16,060,300 sterling- —Literary World.
LONDON, March 2(s.—We have received Madrid
journals and private b iters of the 17tii instant, hut
they bring no news of importance. The city still
, ! continued under marshal lew.
Lord Lynhnrst. —His Lordship, we are happy to
: ! state, continues to improve in health. Yesterday
1 j the Duke of W ellington called to make inquiries nf
, 1 tor the health of his noble and I‘anted friend. His
i I Grace was on foot, and walked with a firm step.
I TRADE REPORT.
There was not much business done in any de
scription of produce, and the public sales were lim
- itcrl.
Ten —Hardly a contract made; and the market
’ heavy. If holders wish to sell, they must accept
low rates. Company’s congous 2s3Jd per lb, cash.
Sugar. —l,79s bags of Mauritius fetched Css so
s 66s (3d. In the raw market about 120 birds, were
. i sold at steady prices,
j Coffee. —No public sales. Tradc by private con-
I tract continues depressed.
f STATE OF TRADE.
7 There was a decidedly Utter demand for yarn
1 yesterday than on any market day forseveral weeks
. past,and sales were rapidly effected by all chose who
to accept previous rates. Many of the spinners, how
ever, stood out for an advance, and we believe in
I j some cases an advance of a farthing per pound was
- | obtained on 40’s mule yarn. For goods, too,there was
L i a little inquiry: but it did not produce an improve
( j rnent in prices. The general feeling in the market,
however,was much more cheerful than for some
' weeks past.— Man. Guardian.
Rochdale Flannel Market .March Co.—There has
1 been a very dull market to-day, and the demand for
, flannels lias been more limited than it was on the
; two preceding Mondays; but prices have undergone
i no change in the wool market; there has been verv
little doing, and no change in prices to report.
: Huddersfield Market, March 24.—There were
I more buyers to-day than for some weeks past, who
j were sharply on the look out for cheap bargains
; but few purchases were made on account of the firm-
I ness in prices, which certianly have reached the
i j lowest point ofdepresaion. Hopes are now enter
! tained ofincreased demand, both in woollens and
j light fancy goods. Wools are more in demand, at
late quotations. More business is doing in the
warehouses. On fh r whole, tli«re is not quite so
ranch gloom, but still trade is in a wretched state,
! and the situation of a large mass of operatives is truly
■ deplorable.
Blackburn. —Our market has continued in the
same inactive and unsatisfactory state throughout
the past week, which has marked its movements for
many weeks past; anci if any relieving feature, pre
sent* itself, it is in the hope entertained bv many,
that both the raw and manufactured material have
reached the lowest point of depression.
[From the Baltimore AmericnnA
FIVE DAYS LATER FROM ENGLAND—DE
FEAT OF THE BRITISH MINISTERS —
TRIUMPH OF THE NEW FRENCH CABIN
ET-AFFAIRS IN THE EAST—MONEY
AND COTTON MARKETS,&c. &c.
The packet ship United States, Captain Britton, -
has arrived at New York from Liverpool, whence
she sailed on the Ist inst. We are indebted to tha
New York Sun and Herald for extras, from which
we copy the following intelligence.
The cotton market remain without material change^
The inferior qualities of American have further dg*
dined 1-8 per lb. In other kinds prices were stea
dy, and the trade more animated than it had been. —
American flour, in bond, 28s 6d.
The Queen’s Ministers were defeated on the 26th
March, in the House of Commons, by a majority of
16, in an attempt to throw out Lord Stanley’s bill for
a reform of the Irish system of registration. The.
Tories regarded it as a signal triumph, and although
the Ministers do not consider themselves called up
on by the occurrence to resign, yet it is daily becom-