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FOREIGN.
Extracts from the Paris Correspondent of the Na
tional Intelligencer.
The Temps publishes accounts from Pondicherry
of 2;id January, and from Yanaou, a French factory
about 250 miles along the coast from that city, up
to 7th December, which contain numerous details
of the dreadful hurricane and inundation of the sea
on that coast, mentioned by us a short time since.
They coincide in stating the force of the wind to
have been such as had never before been witnessed
there, and the inroad of the sea as dreadful hevoad
description. Upwards of 10,000 corpses had been
found, hut many thousands mors had, no doubt, been
washed away. So many bodies lying unhuried had
caused a pestilence, and the condition of the survi
vors, who had lost most of their property, was ex
ceedingly distressing. The British authorities and
settlers had shown the greatest kindness to the
French sufferers; but the factory and the town of
Vanaon, which alone had lost 1,500 inhabitants,
■could not recover from such a calamity for a great ;
many years.
M. Jezin, a veteran officer, who has already ob
tained patents for several valuable inventions, is said
to have recently presented to the Minister of War
two of a new kind; one is a species of movea
ble block-house, bail-proof, with loop-holes for fir
ing, capable of affording shelter to a great number
of men. It may he made effectual in retreats and
others cases, where a small body may have to con
tend with a superior force. The second invention
is a train of musketry capable of discharging 1,500
halls in an hour. One man can load the barrels,
which are of largo bore, all at once, and can at will
give each barrel separately any direction required.
The models may be seen at the inventor’s, 11 Umd
Saint Paul.
The Gazette de Metz : “The rage of emigration,
which for several years past lias been depopulating
Bavaria, the Grand Duchy of Baden, and part of
Alsace, has at length reached our department (the
Moselle.) Last year a great many families from the
cantons of Bitche and Volmmister took their de
parture for the New World, and last week 48 more
•families, reckoning together about 200 individuals, |
101 l this part of the country, for the U. .States.”
The Piedmontese Gazette contains the text of a I
treaty of navigation just concluded between Sardi
nia and Sweden, renewable every ten years, where- i
by the ships of either nation are placed in the ports I
of the other exactly on the same footing as those of
the country itself, as well for navigation dues us for
customs’ duties on goods imported.
“Several deputies and merchants of the Gironde,”
says the Conrrier Eranchaise , “have had a confer- ■
once with the President of the Council on the sub
ject of the lines of the. trans-Atlantic steamers. Bor
deaux will be contented to divide the advantages
with Havre, taking for her share, of the communica
tions ilia Antilles, M 'xico, and fSouili America,
leaving to iter rival New York and the whole of j
North America. M. Thiers, without entering into |
any positive pledge, encouraged the hopes which
the principal merchants of" Bordeaux found upon
the establishment of the proposed packets, which
would restore the commerce of the town to all its
former vigor.”
[From the Richmond Ennrnircr.l
AN EMQUIRY INTO THE CAUSES OF THE 1
PRESENT DISTRESS OF THE COUNTRY. j
In investigating the causes of the embarrassments ■
ol the country, they may probably be explained by !
a comparison of "the circumstances preceding the
pressure of 1819, IC2O quid the present period; j
a remarkable similitude will he found to exist be- \
tween the period of 1815 to 1820, and 1834 to 1840, j
in most of the prominent causes as well as the ef
fect-.
it is a fact, well known, that hanks are not liable
to drains of specie from them, and consequent cur
tailment of their circulation, unless there is a de
mand for specie for exportation, mid any circuit:- I
stances which will prevent this demand will protect |
them from pressure and lead to expansion.
. At the peace in 1815, there was more than SIOO,-
000,000 in certificates of the war debt of the United
Slates in the hands of individuals an I hanks. These :
after the war, were sent forward to the great mo
ney market ol the world, London, and constituted a
fund in addition to the crops of the country, upon
which drafts could he drawn. The U. IS. Bank was
chartered in 181 G, and went into operation in 1817.
A large amount of its stock found its way to the same
market. These furnished such a fund to draft on,
fur all purchases of foreign produce of manufactures
that no one desired to ship specie for such purpo
ses, and the foreign merchant having received pay
ment for his goods here in Bank notes found it I
more convenient to buy a draft with them, than !
draw the specie from the Banks, and take that with j
him. The Banks timl protected from drains ofspe- !
cie, expanded freely; realized large profits; enor- '
mously increased I tic circulating medium of the
country; property of every description rose in value;
a frenzy of speculation seized all classes; foreign and
domestic produce felt the impetus; merchandize
could lie purchased in almost any part of the world
apd sold here for profit. The importation of foreign
merchandize in 1815, ’IC, ’l7, To, exceeded the en
tire amount of produce exported $105,000,000. The
fund in Europe, created by the certificates of the war
debt and the stock of the Bank of the United States,
huge as it was,became exhausted. The foreign mer
chant having sold his goods for Bank notes,no longer
able to buy a draft on bill of exchange upon reason
able terms, carried the notes to the bank, drew the
specie, and shipped that. The nartive merchant
did the same to comply with old engagements, or
make new importations. The banks, from necessi
ty, were compelled to curtail, to call in their notes |
in payment of debts due to them, to prevent their
presentation at their counters demanding specie.—
The curtail was continued until the prices of every
article of foreign merchandise was so reduced, that
there was lessened hope of profit upon the importa
tion of any article, but one of necessity, and until i
ddmcstic produce became so low as to attract the at- |
ten tion of foreign merchants, who were induced to
send their coin here to purchase. Thus, in. 1820 21,
the price of wheat in Richmond, ranged from G2to
871, cents, —every thing else in proportion. iTie j
circulating medium of the country, from near S2OO,- |
000,000, was reduced to loss than $->0,000,000. The
havoc and ruin to debtors is well remembered by
those who lived at that time. Some of the noblest
spirits were bowed to the earth, some of the purest
hearts were broken.
How stands the case in 1334, 1835, 1836 ? The
Btatc Legislatures borrowed in Europe for their In-
Improvements more than $100,0000,000. —
1 his formed another fund to draw on. The Banks
expanded, property rose, speculation raged. The
exceeded the exportations of produce
$111,000,000. This fund, like the other, became
in i maim for exportation to pay foreign merchants.
ic auks, unable to meet the demand, expanded.
Ihe act of suspension caused the disuse of specie
for the time as a circulating medium; hence the in
stant reduction of the circulating medium bv the
amount o specie m circulation, estimated at'from
forty to hlty .ni hons of dollars. The Banknote
KSSBi P 0:? 00 ’ 000 hw been reduced to
$96,000,000. Thus the entire circulating medium
ot the count) y Ims been rod need one iuilt'. We
ha\c this hope, llmt the wealth and population of
the country having probably doubled since IdlO,
our excesses in proportion lo wealth and resources
f»*gr?TfW—HUatA.-* IM jj,, A-M-9J j;mi ■— n H
arc not more than half what lliev were then, and the
distress will not be as prolonged or as great. It is
true there have been other causes, but of compara
tively trifling influence. The facts stated above are
derived chiefly from the Reports of the Secretary of
the I reasury, and are of themselves sufficient to
account for the present distress.
A LOOKER-ON.
[From the Neic York Evening Post.]
M higgery in search of the available has been put
to severe siiilts, and seems to meet with small sue- 1
cess. It can scarcely have appreciated the difficul
ty °f its undertaking when it determined in solemn 1
convention to sink principles, and to go its death up- 1
on hard cider, log cabins, and the “tinsel of a little |
military glory.” Already the two former bulwarks I
|of its strength are wasting away—the cider has lost |
its savor, and tiie people obstinate! v prefer a docla- j
ration of Gen, llarrisen’s principles to a description j
(‘‘ven a false one) of his house. Whiggery then i
must fall hack upon flic “military glory,” as upon a j
forlorn hope, and here, too, it has its difficulties and ,
mortifications. For instance, when tiie siege of Fort ,
Meigs was suddenly discovered to have been an cm j
m the art of war, and the achievements of General |
I larri'oa upon that occasion were after 25 years of !
oblivion and nculcct a< suddenly decreed by whig- ,
gery to lie wormy at a.“triumph,” it must have been
a source of considerable amazement to that patrio
tic party to witness the scene described in the fol
low mg translation of an article from the French pa
per (Le Conrrier des Fiats Unis) of Tuesday. One
would have supposed that the first gun fired by ex
chad whiggery, in honor of the tremendous affair at
Fort Meigs, would have quickened the blood of all
i tne. miglish within hearing ; would have caused
• hose on shore to lock their doors with mingled feel
ings of shame for the defeat, and resentment (or the
celebration of it, ami those in the harbor to show
i their flags at half mast, or, at least, not to show
them at all.—But how shall wc explain the conduct
described below / One of two solutions is cnevita
h!c—perhaps both are so. Either the countrymen
of those who were defeated at Fort Meigs regarded
that affair as a drawn battle, which might be as ’pro
perly celebrated by one side as by the other, or (as
surmised below,) their sympathies with the princi
ples of the whig party and their interest in the suc
cess of those principles, overcame their national
pride and self-love, in any case the fact furnishes
matter for the consideration of the people, which
will not he lost upon them, and certainly is not cal
culated to add lo the availability of the military
chieftain.
[Fro-ailAe Courier des Etais Unis, Tuesday, May 13.] ;
“A remarkable instance of the political atualga- ,
motions oi' one days recently occurred, ft is well I
known that the l.nco locos reproach their adverse- \
nos with being the English party, and that they call j
thorn generally Eritish il'higs. On Friday last |
the whigs of New \ ork celebrated the anniversary i
ot the victory of Fort Meigs, gained by Gen. liar- j
risou over the. British forces. To the amazement of j
j every body, the English ships which wore l\ing in i
the harbor were ail dressed and decorated with flags •
j in honor of the occasion, sacrificing thus their nu
| tional pride to the interest which they take, as it ap-
I pears, in the whig cause. The committee of the
i Harrison party wore more chagrined than flattered
! by this demonstration —as well they might bo.”
r From the Austin ('Texas) Sentinel.
EVENTS OF THE COMANCHE TREATY. I
The fight growing out of the late attempt at a talk
i with the Comanches at Ean Antonio, was very tin- 1
; expected on both sides: the Indians depended upon ,
that species of duplicity which had always been so |
successful iu their transactions with the Mexicans, 1
and our people did not think they would attempt so j
| hold an adventure—the Indians wore hemmed in and
j thought they were to be sacrificed, and fought dos
! peratTy—the Americans were, many of them un
armed, and found themselves in the centre of a se
verely contested fight iu a very awkward condition. |
Among the number was Capt. Matthew Caldwell, 1
j Ist. reg’r. infantry, (an old frontiers’ man.) He I
| stepped into a house near by to see if he couid not
I get some kind of a weapon. Finding none there he i
i passed through tiie house into a back yard, whore he I
! was confronted by a gigantic Indian warrior, armed I
I with bis rifle, tomahawk, and scalping knife. The I
| yard was surrounded by a high stone wall, and there |
( was no chance for either to retreat. Tne Indian
! raised his rifle to shoot Capt. Caldwell, but he, in the i
! mean time was not idle—the ground was covered
i with stones —the only defence in reach of the :
I Captain. lie seized one and let fly at the Indian and I
struck him so central v in the forehead that the Indian i
came very near being knocked down:—the Captain
again armed himself with the same weapon, and as i
often as the Indian attempted to shoot, let flv such a
shower of stones about his head that tie had no time |
I for taking sight.
At this juncture Jno, I). Morris, Esq. was passing |
j the door, ami discovered the critical condition of j
I Ca.pt. C. and immediately came to his assistance. 1
The only weapon he had was a small throe inch bar
rel pistol. As he stepped into the yard, Capt. C.
remarked, “J—n that fellow, Morris, if you don’t
shoot him 1 believe he’ll kiii me.” “My arms are i
light,” said Mr. iVlorri®, “give him the dornicks while i
1 advance to within shooting distance, and I think j
we can manage him.” Caldwell kept a constant
stream of stones about him while .Morris advanced to
within four feet of tiie Indian, and placing his litilc !
pistol almost against his breast, shot him through the j
heart. They then both armed themselves with the
fallen Indians weapons and sallied forth to join the j
I general melee.
Mr. Morgan, of San Antonio (one of old deaf I
I Smith’s men) was attacked in a yard, surrounded !>v j
! a high stone wall. He was not armed and the three
j Indians charged upon him with theirbows andspears.
Ha seized a stone and dealt tiie foremost one such a
blow on the head that it fractured his skull. After
this lie retreated into a small room fronting upon the
enclosure; w here he found an axe. One of the In
dians attempted to rush in after him, and received a
blow on the head which deprived him of life—the
other one followed and was served in the same w ay,
and Mr. Morgan had the enclosure to himself.
A phrenologist who was present after the battle
discovered such extraordinary bumps upon one of
the heads of those Indians that he cut it off and boiled
it for a scientific examination; but on removing the
flesh, he found the skull hone in almost twenty pieces,
and he pronounced it the organ of “club of-an-axc
atirtucss."
Capt. Geo. T. Howard of the Ist. regiment of in
fantry was stationed at the door of the council room
when the fight broke out. One of the chiefs sprung
; upon him and inflicted a severe wound in his breast
with a knife. He had no arms but his sword which
was too long to use in so close an engagement; he 1
seized the hand holding of the knife, but wounded as
I he was, he was not able to disarm him, and he called
| to the sentinel, who was stationed near by, lo come )
; and shoot the Indian, w hich order, was promptly
obeyed, and he fell dead at the feet of Captain How
ard. But, Ehawalschouchiniachusclia, (the seven
headed hyena,) the largest and most muscular of all j
I the Indian chiefs, sprang upon him with his toma
j hawk iu hand; the captain ran him through and j
| through the body, and he fell across tiie body of the !
other Indian. By this time most of the chiefs in the
council house had been despatched, and Capt. How -
ard had become so faint from the loss of blood, that
he was ordered, which order he obeyed very reluc
tantly, to resign the command of the company to j
Capt. Gillen.
Lieut. Dumiington was killed by a woman, who |
shot him w ith an arrow, which passed through his i
body; she was dressed so much like the men, that he j
did not know her sex, and if he had, it is doubtful
whether it was a lime for the exercise of gallantry, j
He drew a pistol and shot her through the head, and j
her brains bespattered the wall; he turned round and
exclaimed, “1 have killed him, but 1 believe ho has
killed me, too;” and fell and expired in twenty minutes.
Judge Thompson was killed by the Indian boys,
while he was setting up small pieces of money for
them to shoot at. Before he suspected it, he received
a shower of arrows, from the effects ot which he died
iu an hour.
J udge Hood was stabbed in the council room,
whore he was a spectator, at the commencement of
the light; he was nearly out of the door and was en
deavoring to leave the place.
A few of the Indians attempted to make their es
cape by flight, and were pursued by Col. Lysander
Wells, and four or five gentlemen who had just
mounted their horses to lake a ride. The whole
company were badly armed —Colonel \V ell’s had one
of Colt’s repeating pistols. An Indian warrior seized
his horse bv the tail, and attempted to jump up behind
him. But the horse was fiery and restive, and he
could not succeed; he then sprang forward and seized
the horse bv the bridle, and attempted to stab the
Colonel with an arrow. The latter kept snapping 1
his pistol at him, but the pin which holds the barrel
to tbe revolving cylinder had dropped out and the !
hammer did not strike the cap; the Indian found he I
could not kill him with the arrow, and seized the |
barrel of bis pistol and attempted to take it from him; |
the barrel instantly cams oil; the Indian gave a j
whoop, and sprang into the river, and swam under i
water to the opposite shore; but be had no sooner j
put his head above water, than bo received a riile i
ball, which terminated his adventure. Wells boro it ■
very well, damning the Indian for his want of polite j
ness, and cursing Colt’s patent. Not one ot the party :
made tin ir escape.
One took possession of a store house, and refused '
all proffers of capitulation. With his how and quiver, |
he guarded the narrow passage; it being after night
and quite dark no on? could enter the door without
the certainty of death. They attempted to smoke ;
him out, but he withstood red pepper, tobacco, and
assatictida. A Mexican then made a ball of turpen
tine, and sot it ori fire, in hopes of illuminating the
room so that the Indian could be seen, it happened
to strike on the top of his head and stuck; he came
bounding out of the room, the turpentine upon his
head blazing four feet high. It made too good a
mark to he missed, and at the same instant he was
pierced by several rifle halls.
[ Front.the N. Y. Journal of Commerce May 16.]
ARRIVAL OF TiIK BRITISH QUEEN.
We received at half-past 2 o’clock this morning |
London patters by the British Queen, Capt. Roberts,
to May Ist. The Queen reports 13 days and 11
hours from Pilot to Pilot.
The papers arc chiefly occupied with discussions
of local politics. Happily for the world? .Europe
I seems almost as destitute of great events as our
own countrv.
" STATE OF TRADE.
Sheffield. —W o are truly sorry that we cannot state
any improvement in the condition of the working
classes, but on the contrary, our fear that things arc
getting worse, judging from the increase of “the Na
tional Guard,” whoso perambulations through the
town, with their besoms, present a melancholy pic
ture of distress and privation.
Manchester , Tuesday. —There was no material
change in the market, though, perhaps, the demand
was not quite equal to that of the preceding Tues
day, especialiy for power-loom printing cloths,
which, in some few cases, we believe were sold a
! shade lower than last week. Stock, both of goods
and yarn, especially of the latt :r, continue extreme
ly light, the demand taking off the entire production
at steady prices; ami though the busines done is not
very profitable, it is generally sound and healthy,
and encourages an expectation of future improve
ment.
Huddersfield, Tuesday. —Although there was a
fair demand for fine woollens, anti light fancy goods,
goncraliv speaking the market was not so brisk as
might have been expected, if it was only on account j
of the extremely beautiful weather. Nor do prates I
much improve, but they are very firm. Orders are I
more numerous, and stocks of saleable goods very I
light, so that better prices are demanded, and must I
shortly I»e realized. There is more animation in the j
wool market, at prices much the same as of late, j
i The warehouses are tolerably busy, and better pri- j
ccs are obtained ; but we tear the manufacturer is i
i yet far from obtaining a satisfactory remuneration, i
Kendal. —Never since the oldest man can renteni- !
her were the working classes of this town suffering ,
such privations. The fancy and linsey trades still I
' continue to he in a very depressed state, and ban- j
1 dreds of operatives may bo seen parading the streets
and fields with dejected looks,
i France.—The Paris papers of Tuesday arc
much occupied with the vote of 1,61)0,000 francs by
tiie Chambcrof Deputies on Monday last, to defray
the expenses of the operations carried on against
Buenos Ayres, and which M. Thiers declared in his j
speech, in moving for the grant, would bo persever- !
od in or even extended. It had been said that it was j
the intention of tiie French government to lit out
an expedition against Buenos Ayres. The speech of
; M. Thiers bears out this assertion, hut did not state
the facts, tiiatso far hack as Saturday last “.VI. Thi
i ers, in a vast hustle and with much appearance of
heat, summoned to his council two admirals, and it
was understood gave subsequently the necessary
orders for an expedition against Buenos Ayres.
The Paris papers of Monday have reached us by i
the ordinary express. They contain nothing new |
on the state of our quarrel with Naples on the sol
phur question, but our private letters assure us that I
King Ferdinand’s very ready acceptance of the me
diation of France, might he relied on.
London, April. 31).—Our Alexandria letters state J
that Col. Hodges, the British Consul, had provoked |
the anger of Mchemet Ali by offering passports to j
Turks to return home. This Mchemet Ali would
not sufl’ r, and seemed highly indignant against the |
English. He seamed disposed to court tiie French
for her aid and protection, and was determined to
resist all concessions beyond those he had already
promised.
[ From the art me—Second Edition.']
NEWS BV THE BRITISH QUEEN.
ADJUSTVKXT OF THE BOUNDARY QUESTION. j
The late hour at which the papers by tiie British
Queen reached u», rendered it impossible to give a
full view of the news, in our morning edition. In i
examining them further, it is with heart-felt satisfac- j
lion we find that the delicate and difficult question |
of our North-eastern Boundary,is, in all probability, I
adjusted. It appears, that the award of the King of
the Netherlands, which made the river Ft. John’s the j
boundary between the two countries, is to be the basis
of the new arrangement, and that as an indemnity to j
Maine for any supposed rights she may possess to ;
land north of the St. John’s, the British Government |
is to pay her £200,600, or about half a million of
dollars. Most sincerely do we rejoice in this corn- I
promise,—not so much because it is, or is not, a good
bargain in itself, as because it removes a bone of
contention which lias long existed, and the right to
which, each party has claimed with so much confi
dence, that it was impossible to say when or how the
affair could he amicably adjusted. It would ill be
come ns to object to the arrangement said to have
been agreed on since a reference to our files will
show that it is exactly the arrangement that we re
commended, f ave that we did notspecify the amount \
which England ought to pay to Maine byway of
compromising her claims to the lands relinquished. I
Doubtless despatches have come forward by the j
British Queen, which will apprise our Government
of the precise posture of the negociation; but we
trust it will be found not far different from w hat is
indicated above.
In any view of the case, all danger of a war, grow
ing out of this protracted controversy, is at an end. I
Had wea Tory Administration to deal with, the case |
might be different.
The Queen had a fine time on her last outward
trip, sailed from New Vork at 5 A. M. on the
Ist of April, and arrived at Portsmouth at 5 A. M. of
the 15th, making her run in 14 days 7 hours. The
passengers addressed a complimentary letter to
Capt. Roberts, before they parted at Portsmouth.
The Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
Rail Road Company has eltectcd a loan in Europe
sufficient to pay all demands against it.
The North American Trust and Banking Co.
have new sot further sales of American stocks on
their account, to the amount of §750,000.
Mr, Levis, the absconding Cashier of the Schuyl
kill Bank,had been arrested at Paris. A passenger
of that name is reported by the Queen, whether the
same individual or not is not known.
Mail Robbery. —Wc learn, by the Post Master in
Americas, Sumter county, that the Mail between
Hamburg and Pindertown was robbed, on the 11th
inst. Suspicion having fallen on the carrier of the
Mail, he was arrested, and acknowledged the crime,
aud was committed for trial in the U. S. Court.
It appears that letters mailed atColumbus, failed
to arrive, which caused the suspicion; and search
being made, a large number of letters were found
noai the road, broken open, and those containing mo
ney robbed. Several hundred dollars were found in
the possession ol the carrier.— Macau Telegraph.
Thursday Morning, May 31, ISIO.
OCT A writer in the Chronicle and Sentinel ofyes
| terday, under the signature of“ Hard Cider,” is guilty
of misrepresentation, by ascribing to the Constitii- \
, tionalist what a Milledgeville correspondent had
j written. This writer can receive from us no other j
reply than the detection of his misrepresentation.
tCPTho following gentlemen have been re-ap ;
! pointed Directors of the Georgia Rail Road »5c Bank- i
; ing Company’s Branch in this city, viz: Hays Bow I
dre, Egbert B. Beall, Edward Bustin, William M. i
D’Autignae, George R. Jessup, John P. King, An
; drew J. Miller, W illium !1. Morgan, PI uisant Sto- I
i vail, Edward Thomas, and Benjamin li. Warren, I
Esq’rs. _ |
At a meeting of the Board of Directors yesterday, i
Hays Bowdre, Esq. was re-elected President.
DU? Old Chatham has spoken, and will speak, in
language and in the number of lier citizens for the |
cause of the people, as irresistibly as an overwhelni
' ing triumph is certain. A call for a meeting of the i
citizens of the county, opposed to the election of |
General Harrison, and sustaining the claims of
Martin Van Buren, to be held at Savannah this day,
was signed by 561 citizens. The Savannah Geor *
gian states that very many citizens, both in the ciiv :
and country had not had the opportunity of signing j
the call for the Anti-Harrison meeting, but who
will attend at the meeting. The objects ofit is, “to
adopt such measures us may be deemed best ealeu- j
lated to sustain their views, maintain the principles
ot the Repobkicax Party, and preserve the rights
and interests of the south .”
Besides the above, respecting the democratic I
movement in Chatham, the following is an extract ;
of a letter from Savannah received yesterday :
“We arc to have a tremendous meeting of the ad- !
ministration party in this city on Thursday night:
560 signatures have been affixed to the cull of a meet- 1
mg. Mr. Forsyth will probably be nominated for j
the Vice Presidency, li the rest of the stale were j
like Old Chatham, and the other states like Georgia,
we should have little apprehension of the result of
the next election, us it is J think it placed beyond a
doubt.
DUP When we published Mr. Forsyth’s card, re
specting the proceedings ot the Baltimore National
| Convention, and a candidate for the Vice Presidency,
j we thought it was so explicit, that wo did not oc- !
! company it with any remarks or comments. Tim I
I whig presses have however bounced upon it, and
j endeavoured to draw from it conclusions which
I could answer their hostility to tin* present adminis
i tration. W e have the means to put at rest all sur-
j in isos and speculations. The subjoined letter, from !
: a Georgian now in Washington, speaks the feelings j
i of Mr. Forsyth, because lie knows him well, and j
, possesses tiie entire and unlimited confidence ofthc j
Secretary ol State. V, ccau assure our readers that '
we would not make these assertions, if we were not I
convinced of their correctness, and if we had not-the
proof of what we represent the writer of the letter to
be. As the card ot Mr. Forsyth has been widely
: disseminated, it will he hut an act of justice to that !
distinguished and popular citizen, to give, as wide a !
dissemination to the letter of “A Georgian.” Wc
hope, therefore, that the presses which have pub
lished the card, will also publish tiiis letter.
“WASHINGTON, May 13, 1840.
“Rumor, with her thousand tongues, has been
busy of lute with the name of John Forsyth of!
your state. Ordinarily there is n grain of truth in ;
| the political gossip of this city, just enough to save |
! the flying talcs from the baseness of mmiixed false
| hood. The report that Mr. Forsyth is about to re- j
lire from Mr. Van Boron’s Cabinet in discontent is ;
j not one of their redeeming lies. It is a device ofthc I
| enemy, and is just as true as whig veracity. Tin!
Cabinet of .Mr. Win Buren is jierfectly harmonious— ■
its members arc the warm personal friends of ilio |
I President un i ol each other, and all entertain these
sentiments, and are animat -d by these foaling, which
Mr. Kendall so warmly expressed in his late note j
published iu the Globe. Mr. Kendall lias retired
from the Herculean labors of the Post Office De
partment, which were breaking down a weak and
i exhausted frame, to recruit bis health in lighter pur- !
suits, and Ibr no other reason. As for other changes ;
in the Cabinet, Vi higgory alone is in the secret: the
; Administration aud its friends know nothing of them. '
Something advantageous to the cause of “hard
cider” has been attempted to be made out of Mr. ,
| Forsyth’s note declining to he considered a candi- j
date for the Vice Presidency. The poor compliment
is paid to the sagacity and patriotism «f this con
sistent politician of thirty \ears trial, tint personal
disappointment in the matter oflhe Vice Presidency
has been sufficient to create lukewarmness, if not
disgust, towards his administration friends. This is
reasoning from Whig data, and presupposes the want j
of an honor, honesty and principle, by which tiie |
course of this gentleman has been so pre-eminently i
distinguished, and which Federal politicians never |
suffer to interfere in the path of their political am
bition or interest.
John Forsyth has been the devoted personal friend
of Martin Van Buren in power and out of power, j
He labored with him iu the Republican cause in the ;
campaign of 1825, under the lead of \V m. H. Craw
ford, a campaign terminating in a disaster in which
there champions of Democracy “lost all hut their
honor” iu the election of a minority President. He
! was his defender when a lactious Senate rejected
his nomination to the Court of St. James: he threw
' himself with all of his generous zeal and brilliant
powers, before the giant enemies of bis absent friend,
and vindicated his conduct and character in a tone
ofeloquence never before heard in the Senate of the
United States. Mr. Van Buren’simmolators quail
ed before his power and truth, in the pursuit ol their ,
victim, and the Nation responded to thejust and gal
lant defence of the Georgian and called the intended
victim to preside over the body which would have
crushed him. These two gentlemen have been (
bound together in the closest ties of intimacy, by (
every consideration of mutual confidence, respect, j
esteem, and a community of political sentiment, for
nearly twenty years; and now forsooth, Whig gossip
has torn them assunder; and the fast friend of the
President is represented as ready to take up the cry J
of “hard cider,” and join the baby house, “log cabin”
party of Bank, Abolition, Harrison \\ higgerv. Oh
Whiggery ! how desperate are thy throe a and
—— - J
qualms in thy travail after power! Martin Van
Huron will join Gen. Harrison’s standard before sd
John Forsyth does: the whispers of an intriguing y!<
and hireling Georgian to the contrary notwithstand
ing.
Mr. Forsyth’s letter means, just precisely what it
says: that he does not desire office except at the *l
- majority of the people, and that it being t,l “
obvious, that no friend of the Administration can ™!|
hope for an election by the people, four of its friends»blM
being in the field, he declines, because his sticcesH'.'Tl
I (an election by the Senate,) “if attainable, would ass ,1-
ford him no personal gratification.” These are his 'lf
true sentiments, and thev are such as it became him
ni
to speak,as in accordance with the straight forward t
uud upright course of his whole public career.” • !4 ,
“A GEORGIAN.” *jl
1 he Harrison men in Georgia arc making a
| great noise with their great meetings, and lung r
speeches, and loud hurrahs, and it is probable that £
| some ot them really expect to curry the state for their
I federal whig candidate by such means. But they '*
I are eg regions!y mistaken, if they think they can de- ’
| ceive so intelligent and enlightened a people as the
! people of Georgia. The cry of “reform” and I
j “change,” will not satisfy the voters in November T*
i next, so as to induce them to vote for Harrison. They f *
■ will require something more substantial than idle F j
boastings and senseless cries. They will requin: r
j before they vote, that they should be made acquaint- s .
led with the manner “reform” and “change” are to bo „
: effected, and especially with the policy that would <
be pursued to accomplish such a “reform” and
I “change.” The people of Georgia, are not to be i'
gulled by the Harrison leaders in Georgia, and our ‘
word (or it that they will show their good sense and
patriotism at the ballot box, and not bv imp[\ pro- I
tensions and idle talk. iSnch a result cannot booth- J
erwisc than as just stated. What do the people of
Georgia behold' In Georgia it is attempted by the -
loaders and the federal whig presses, to vindicate r
■ Harrison from the charge of abolitionism, of being £
j in favour of a national bank, of a protective tariff, 11
and ot a national system of internal improvements. *
[n the north and west, ho is supported because thev
j believe he is bound to go with them in favour ofab- . V J
olitionism, a national bank, a protective tariff, and .1
i internal improvements. In Georgia lie is supported 8
I by men who call tbem-adves state rights men, of the j
i Jeffersonian and Madisonian school. In the north
i and west, ho is supported by the. rankest federalist ■/ ’•
of the black cockade school. The question then I
naturally arises: how comes it that federalists and »
I state rights men unite in supporting Harrison ? ’
Have the federalists become state rights men, or i
have stall-rights m.‘it become federalists? Or, has
General Harrison made promises to state rights men
! ill, d federalists, to suit their discordant views and ob
| jects? The people of Georgia understand as well
: as we do, the position of the llani-on in m in this
I state, ;m <! thev will show their understanding of it
| when the proper time arriv es to do so.
[CP'-Ve hops and trust that all the friends ofde
| niocratio principles in Georgia, will respond to the
| feelings which prompted the adoption of the tollow
; htg resolutions, at a recent meeting at Colttmhus:
va\ bcufa meeting.
[ In ohedit nee to a previous call, several hnadred
; persons, the friends of Air. \ an 15 nren, assemlded last
I evening at the long room of the Columbus Hotel.—
1 Col. John 11. Watson being called to the Chair, and
! alter stating the ohj ;el of tlie me, ling, selling (inta
Inn piiueiplas of the present administration wita
I great force and ellcct: The meeting was swerallv
■ addressed by the buu. A. I verson and Col. Hepburn.
i Alter which (he lion. A. Iverson oliered the foilovv
; ing rosoltitions, which were unanimniistv adopted.
Jicso/rrd, 'i’hat we approve of the suggestion of
; the meeting ot the eiti/.ens oi Augusta, recommend
i big the assemblage of tiie friends of the present ad
ministration at Mi!! 'dgeville, on the 4tb of Jnlv, for
: the purpose of celebrating that glorious anniversary,
1 and arranging tlie Electoral and Congressional 'l’iek-
I ets of tie; Democratic party of this .’State,
j lyesolted, i bat the stand taken and principles
avowed oy those of our present d ’legation in Con-
I £ r ' Messrs. Iliack, (olqnilt, and Conjrer, meet
our wannest approbation and entitle them to the
i confidence and support of the friends oi the admin
istration throne limit the State,
Jiesolccd, That patriofisn and the public good
j require that the gontlein n nominated b\ the demo
j cratie {tarty ;is candidates for (Congress in this State,
Sl tonhi submit fa ir claims to the meeting at .Mil
ledgcvil!.’, and jdaee themselves attire disposal of
tlieir political fri -rids. >
/lesolved, 't hat the Cliair appoint a delegation of
j tv- mty persons to (■■’present this county at Aliilodge
vilie, (in the Ith of July, and that in the organization
of the Congressional and Electoral tick A-’, thev sac
rifice till former differences of opinion, and hark alone
j to f-he grout principles which animate the friends of
i the Administration.
“Truth is powerful and will prevail.”
We copy the following article from the Milled,ge-
I ' hie Georgia Journal of the “Ist April, 1840. This
paper is now one of tire supporters of Harrison in
■ this State.
“Gen. Harrison declared that in issuing the pro
clamation, Gen. Jackson had accomplished more
good for Hie country than he achieved by his splen
did victory at the bottle of New Orleans.
*****
“Gen. Harrison ts a FEDERALIST, and his elec
tion to the Presidential Cliair, would give to the Fe
deral Party such an ascendency in the administra
tion of the Government, as it has not possessed since
the formation of our Government.
*****
“Gen. Harrison is an avowed opponent of our doc
trines. and would, no doubt, should lie think it ex
pedient, put into practical ojieration the principles
ot the proclamation and the force bill.
*****
“Gen. Harrison promises nothing that will advance
the principles that we contend for. On the contra
ry, he is a foe to their advancement, and, to Ire con
sistent, should occasion present itself, he must aid
to put them down.”
The legislature of New 1 ork adjourned on Thurs
day, after a session of 127 days, having passed 370
Acts and Resolves.
We understand (says the New York Journal of
Commerce) that John I. Muinford, Esq., resigned
the office of deputy collector of this port, some days
since.
Mr. Price. — The New York Evening Express of
1 riday, says:—“Few men could land on our shores
of greater notoriety. Since Ids departure there is 1
not a press in this country that has not mentioned his 1
name in a variety of ways. It was declared by ma
ny that he would never return. Yesterday, howev
er, he landed at White Hall, with his wife and flock
of little ones. He never looked better, nor appeared )
in finer spirits. He has returned to meet his accu - M
sers face to face, and invites the most rigid scrutiny.
He declares he does not owe the Government a r
penny.” V s
[From the N. O. Bulletin. 1
MEXICO. »-
By an arrival yesterday, we have accounts from
Tampico us late as the sth instant. From the