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CHARLOTTE3VILLE CONVENTION.
ADDRESS TO THE I EOPLE OF VIRGINIA.
(Unanimously adopted by the Coen alien, Sept. 11, IS 10 )
[CONTINUED ]
The heroic chieftain, who had to contend with
enemies more formidable than those whom lie had
conquered in the fi**ld, was succeeded by the genn
ine and tried republican who now grasps the hc.rn
of State with a mild bur steady hand. It has been
his fare to bear the combined shock of the accnmn
m(dated evils, or rati er of their formidable conse
quences. The very commencement of his admin
istration was embarrassed by difficulties the most
complicated, and assailed by dangers the most ap
palling. 'I he entire commercial system of the
country was suddenly prostrated, arid doubt and
dismay paralyzed for a tune the‘energies of ,a great
nation. ’The State Banks, which, in default of a
better order of things, and before the country was
prepared for a radical reform, had become the de
positaries of a national income, universally sus
pended, and thus legally disqualified themselves •
for performing the trust which bad been reposed to .
them. The catastrophe was as perplexing, as it was |
pervading. After anxious reflection and mature
•deliberation, the President deemed that the occa
sion had arisen to return to the system contempla
ted, and, indeed, established by the founders of the
Government, by withdrawing from alt conneeti.m
with institutions not recognised by the Constitu
tion, and which Congress could neither create nor
control. He saw the imminent hazard to which
such a proposition would expose his popularity, for,
the enmity of eight or nine hundred banks, with
all their officers, stockholders and dependants, was
more to be dreaded than the hostility of one insti
tution, however great. Yet he did not shrink from
the responsibility imposed upon him by duty and
circumstances.
The measure encountered the sincere doubts of j
some, the factious hostility of others and the hyp
ocritical objections of those who. but sought an op- j
portunity to unite with an opposition which was |
every day growing more formidable to the Adnnn- j
isiration. The event proved that the President had j
not exaggerated the difficulties which environed!
the path of duly. Whole Commonwealths-, fol
lowing the example of his native State, withdrew
their approbation and support; and be found him
self for a lime in a most discouraging minority.—
These are trials to test the character of a public
man, and the principles by which be is governed.
Mr. Van Buren was true to himself and to bis- cause.
Sustained by a clear conviction of right and a |
stern sense of duty, he adhered calmly but firmly
“to the dictates of his conscience and reason, at the
• same time declaring his w illingness to cooperate
with Congress in any constitutional system which
it might devise. That body, several times by smail ;
majorities in one branch, declined to adopt the pro- I
posed reform, yet offered no substitute. The Pre
sident, therefore, thought himself justified in per
severing in his original recommendation. Soon
'the-banks which had resumed, suspended in great
number a second time, and it now became obvious
to every candid mind that the connection which
had subsisted between these corporations and the I
Government could not be with prudence renewed.
Apprehensions were quieted, prejudices removed, \
objections disappeared, the public mind gradually j
righted itseff, until a free and unbiassed m ijority of
Congress, fresh from the people, adopted the Inde- ;
,pendent Treasury'.
We will not say that this much controverted sys
tem may not have defects, like every thing of hu
man contrivance nr execution; that it has points
to be guarded, and tendencies to be watched or
checked. But it is free from constitutional objec
tions. Even those who opposed it must admit that
it has become necessary, under the circumstances i
of the country; and wo trust that, if wisely ad »
ministered, it will exercise a salutary influence up- |
■ on enlightened and judicious enterprise, and pre
vent the recurrence of the manifold evils to which j
the opposite system has given birth. Although es- !
tablished chiefly, if not. solely, with a view to the ;
financial advantage and purity of trio Government, |
we would fain persuade ourselves that its meiden- 1
tal effect will be to curb mildly, yet effectively,
that reckless spirit of adventure which has tempted
our people into such perilous straits, and that it will
do so, by sustaining and enlarging the metallic ba
sis of our fluctuating currency, maintaining a pros
perous steadiness of prices and w ages, checking in
time the excessive ingress of foreign productions,
and serving as ballast to the buoyant bark of cre
dit, which may hereafter unfurl its sails to every
breeze, with greater confidence and security'.—
Notwithstanding the many evils which it was pre
dicted would immediately follow its adoption, con
fidence has begun to return, prices risen, and busi
ness become more animated; and we have good
reason to hope, (thanks to abundant crops, and the
7 irrepressible energies of a great people!) that we
have already passed through the darkest hour, and
that the light which is beginning to break is the
• dawn of a brighter and longer day of prosperity.
To show the fallacy of the objection that the in
dependent Treasury will depress the rewards of
' labor, we need but mention the fact, that there are
« countries with an exclusively metallic currency—
which it is not the object nor the effect of this bill
i to establish —where wages are higher than they
have ever been here; and paper money countries,
Ireland for example, are proverbial for the pover
ty and destitution of the working classes. In fact,
r the rale of wages depends much more on demand
and supply, than upon die character of the circu
-1 lating medium. They are the last to rise with the
• expansion, and the first to fall with the contraction
of the currency, while their nominal increase is
-delusive, when the prices of the comforts and ne
cessaries of life increase in equal or greater pro- ■
portion.
The great questions which have agitated the pub
lic mind during the late and present Administra
tions, have revived the contending principles and
questions .which divided parties at the origin of t lie
Government. As they were arrayed then, they
are marshalled now; and the old war is renewed
between the friends of an equal and well regulated
liberty, and the partisans of privilege and monopo
ly. Aye shall briefly recapitulate the principles
and proudly avowed by the Republican
>P*rty of Virginia. ]
,W* believe that the Constitution is a compact
the States, and that the Federal Govern- i
iitieot is invested with those powers only which are i
given to.it in express terms. We believe that pub- t
nc morality is as binding as private integrity, and \
, that the terms of the Constitution should be lied as i
as the ward of honor. Such a rule is our t
on *T defence against, those insidious encroachments, j
wntchare mure to he dreaded than avowed hosliit \
/' ,* believe that no monev should be levied h
ra e people, which is not required for the legt- o
tma e purposes of revenue, ami that the amount v
* rawed should be as moderate' as is consistent b
wt han enlightened economy. We are utterly s
opposed to the whole progeny of Federal encroach- tl
menu, among which, the objects of our peculiar 1;
aversion, because we have seen and felt their evil is
tendencies are a National Bank, extravagant h
.-schemes of internal Improvement bv the General (J
government, and an oppress ve Tariff for protec- pi
•■Mon. W* are averse to a National Bank, first and a.
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foremost, because such an institution finds no war
rant in the Constitution, and because it is not only
unnecessary, but both reason and experience prove
it to be dangerous and corrupting We want no
colossal moneyed institution es ab i-hed in violation
of llie Constitution, to monopolize the revenue,
centra .ze the capital, and control at pleasure the
business and prosperity off nr wide and dive-sified
country? We are opposed to the system of Inter
nal Improvement by the Genera! Government, be
. cause it is not sanctioned by the Constitution, an
tn-nrperable objection, and because we believe
' that such works can he constructed with more
economy and aTvut.la re by the Slates themselves.
V> c wish, moreover, to see the sovereiegn States
j of th s Union independent of the humiliating boun
ty of the Federal Government, which can, besides,
snpp’y no money for such, or anr ot her purpose.
Winch is not derived from tire people, and would he
more wisely and fairly expended by their local au
thor! ies. We arc opposed to a 'Tariff for proiec
j tion, heemtse the collection of revenue, for such an
| object, is- not provided for by the Constitution, and,
j moreover, because such a system is unjust, par- j
; tial, oppressive, and peculiarly fatal t" the- planting j
States; which, under its withering influence, saw
flteir resources gradually decay, their prosper
languish, and de-sola ion spread over their fl nr- •
isinog towns and ferine fields. We are, in a word, j
in favor oi a strict construction of the Constitution, j
a mild and economical Government, and equal laws, |
which may equalize the burdens as well as the |
blessings of Government, end under whose geic.al
sway, order, liberty, morality and religion, may
flourish and endure, 'i Ins. fellow-citizens ts nur
simple creed, as we devoutly believe it was that
of'he fathers of I lie Republican church.
Upon ail these great principles and questions, we
are •satisfied, that the present incumbent of the
Executive chair fairly represents the opinions and
wishes of Republican Virginia; infinitely more so, ;
even our adversaries must admit, than the candi- |
: date they have presented for the popular suffrages, j
From his youth upwards, Mr. Van Buren has been <
\ unwavering in Ins devotion to the cause n! the peo- j
pie He is emphatically the‘"child and champion” j
of Democracy. The unappeasable hostility of the j
; enemies of Democratic principles, is die best guar- i
antce of his devotion to pepn ar rights. He is him
self a striking example of the liberal character of
our institutions, winch open a career to the honora
ble ambition of every citizen. He has risen by
merit alone, to the highest office in the gift of a free
people, winch he not only fills with distinction, hut
adorns hy his personal qualities. Os clear intellect,
firm resolution, provident sagacity, admirable tem
per, and amiable deportment and a: d unspotted re- j
potation, he is tiie model of a Republican states
man. We first hoar of him, in early life, hy tiie j
i side of the patriotic Tompkins, animating the great i
Stale of New York to the support ol the Govern- I
meat, tn its fearful struggle with Great Britain.— ;
Throughout that perilous contest, he was the ardent j
and iir.fl aching defender o‘ his country's" rights; |
and it was then, and for such a devotion, he.fir.-t
j incurred the bitter and yet lasting hostility of those ;
' who gave hear: to the enemy, by their criminal op- i
position and intrigues. He was the leader ol that |
party, which sought, and with success, to reform
and liberalize the Constitution of his native State. ;
He was tiie first to risk his popularity in New Y ork, !
1 by lifting up his voice against that, oppressive tariff ;
I which was a blight to the prosperity ol the Eolith. \
j When called to tiie National Councils, we find him
i std! the conspicuous advocate ol Repub ican prin
! ciples. lie did not hesitate, when Vice President,
to give his casting vote in favor of a bill to prohibit
the circulation by the mail of incendiary publica
tions throughout tiie Southern Mates —an abuse,
which converted it into an instrument oftheir des
j traction, an institution which was created and siis
| t lined by the Federal Government. 11c thus early
made himself an object of peculiar hostility to the
i fanatics of Abolition, who have never ceased to
pursue him tor ins fidelity to the compromises ot
tiie Constitution. W hen a candidate for the 1 rest
j dency, he did not disguise his opinions, but pro
i claimed Ins opposii ion to a Bank of the L idled 5? tales,
his unqualified belie j that Congress could not tom b
I the subject of slavery in the Mates, and his deter
! ruination, should he be elected, to pul his veto upon
any bill f«»r ti»e'abolition of slavery in lire District
of Columbia. These noble declarations were re
j pealed in the most solemn manner in his inaugural
! Address. For Ins devotion to the rights ot the
South, lie has been denounced as the ‘‘Northern
man with Southern principles,” and even stigma
tized on the floor of Congress as a ‘'traitor to the
North,” although liis principles, which are just to
us, are consistent with the most comprehensive pa
triotism. We have already spoken ol the financial
policy of his administration. His management of
I our loreign relations lias been prurient, yet ener-
I getic, and has probably saved ns from a desolating
vv?r with the greatest power upon earth or sea,
! while not a tittle ol our rights as a nation lias been j
I relinquished His enemies even are obliged te eon
! cede to him this merit, and they proved tvetr c.mfl- !
I deuce by voting to him the discretionary command j
' of ten miliums of dollars, and fifty thou.-and men, j
because they knew that these were safe jn such ;
prudent and patriotic hands.
The objection which have been so pertinaciously |
urged agaiusMhis honest and able Republican CL iet 1
Magistrate are unfounded, or factious or frivolous, j
The defalcations which have been mails the subject i
ol so much declamation, arc either much exagge- !
rated, or were chiefly committed before Ins admin- ||
, istratiun, and under a system which he, of all 1
others, was most anxious to reiorrn. 'The expendi
tures which have been the pretext of so much cla- |
Dior, were for extraordinary and unavoidable pur- j
poses, or w ore voted for by a majority ol the Oppo- i
sitioa, and often against the wishes and remonstran- !
ccs ofthe Administration, and of its more confiden
tial friends in Congress. Even at the last session,
amidst all this outcry, the appropriations were
made to exceed the estimates by millions. The or
dinary expenses of the Government have, in tact,
not been greater, but rather less, than those of pre
vious administrations. He has been accused ot re
commending ti standing army, when lie had not
seen tiie details of tiie hill vvi.ich is made the pro- |
t xt of this absurd charge, although, by the. omission
of important words from his mesrage, the contrary
is sought to he proved. The measure; too, v.hicn
is so calumniated, although, like ail similar projects, i
it is liable to some objections, contains no provi
so ms, which, in the slightest degree, furnish a limn- f
dation for so preposterous; a misrepresentation and
it was applauded at first by the Opposition press, .
which afterwards discovered that, hy gross perver- *
sioa, it might be turned to political account. The
objections, too, w hich have been most insisted up- I
on, are directed against those clauses which are
copied f out the existing law, that was pa?s d in the
ndmini-tration of Washington, and re-enacted hi
that of Jefferson. And this hypocritical clamoris
raised by men supporting a candidate who lias re- j
peatediy proposed measures much more extrava-[
gant than the one they now condemn—measures i
which provided fur the military education ot all the i
youth of the country at the expense of the Federal !
Government, and the training ofun immense militia
corps, six w eeks in the year, paying the officers and
not the privates. The funds required tor these pur
poses to he raised, if necessary, t>y additional taxes!
The President has been assailed tor declining to
set aside the sentence of a court martial competed
chiefly of d snngutshed Southern officers, when it
is nut pretended fiat an\' injustice vas done, and
when it is admin* d that the evidence objet ted to
was altogether immaterial to the decision. He
was condemned in this case for pent tiling law and
justice have their course, hy those \ vho w ere un
willing or again?! an appeal to Congt ess, the only
legitimate tribunal for the remedy of the griev
once; thus proving that prejudice, an 1 nut justice,
was the object of Ins accusers. He hj s, mor cover,
been charged with taking preparator y steps for a
system of direct taxation, because he Ttas e tecuied
he law for taking the census, as parsed, we be
;eve, unanimously by Congress; the portio n which
s made the pretext for this silly cal umnv having
)een introduced by a conspicuous t nembi jr of the
Jopusitiun and adopted withou' a word of dt?ap
irobatton. And what proves P lC utter ft dly of the
iccusation is the fact, that ;t» 3 marshals and their
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assistants do not take down a single name, which
must be conclusive to the dullest comprehension, ;
that no assessment with a view to taxation could
have been contemplated. But we have not time !
to notice the whole series of frivolous, fallacious
or factious objections, which are brought against
the principles and measures of one who has pioyed j
himself altogether worthy of your approbation !
i and support. Suffice it to say. that our opponents j
are too intelligent to resort to such cavils, had they j
any thing more serious or solid to allege.
[to be continued.]
f From the Federal Union.]
CENTRAL BANK.
We have taken pains to ascertain the progress of .
this institution since its last published report, which i
] bears date 4th November, 1839. Its liabilities were
j at that time as follows :
I Capital ."stock and U S. surplus ra
| venue, 2,363,240 00
| Loan in New York, past due since
! Sept. 300,000
Profits 36,645 00
Dividends on stock, 63,275
! Free School and Education fund, 36,419 21
Du ' to other banks, 14 63
Deposites by public officers 155,73 7 51
j Bills in circulation 86,932
$3,072,264 15
These liabilities were to the State, and under the
control of the Legislature except the
Loam in New York, 300,000 00
; Checks on time, 30,000 0.) j
Dues to banks, 14 63 ,
; Bilks in circulation • 86.932
Amounting to £416,946 63 i
Tiiis sum being due to creditors, over which the
Legislature have no control, were to he provided !
for by the Bank, without any reference to that I
body.
To provide for these liabilities of the Bank, it had
to use the following funds:
Bank Stocks, owned by the State, $1,005,000
Notes discounted, 1,423.405 98 ;
Bills of Exchange, 123,493 56 i
Cash, including £118,447 Darien bills, 223,562 91 ,
Sundry unavailable assets, 296,711 70
1 I
§3,072,264 15
The Legislature of 1839, added nothing to these ;
assets, w hile they required of the Bank to sustain
every expense, and pay every appropriation of tiie j
sessidn, amounting to a very large sum This they
readily perceived could only he effected by the use I
of the capital and credit of the Bank, for which they |
passed an amendment of its charter, leaving the i)i- |
rectors to “work out its salvation with fear ami !
trembling.” This extension of chartered privileges 1
was carried against heavy opposition, and was in
tended especially to enable the Directors to make |
large loans cf the bills o( the Bank on accommoda
ting terms to the people.
According to the spirit and intention of this act,
the Direct us have gone forward in this important
work, and are now engaged in carrying out a loan
to the people, of §759,0dU. on a credit of five years. !
\Ve have obtained the privilege of publishing the
following summary of the situation of the Bunk on
the 17th hist;
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock and surplus revenue, §1,932,003 53
Loan obtained in New York, 263,600
Profits, 58,858 10
Due to Banks, 23,475 53
Deposites by officers of the Stale 238,134 93
Bills in circulation, 824,859 i
§3,389,331 08
MEANS OF PAYMENT.
Bank Stock. $304,200
Notes discounted, 1,501,903 42 :
Bills of Exchange, 284,981 94
Due by banks, 94,473 22
Cash—including specie, bank bills,
checks on banks, &.c. 356,234 C 2
Other assets, including all the insol
vent debts due the Stats from the
beginning of the Government, 317,538 48
$3,389,331 08
In the mean time the bank has paid the following
sums:
To the Treasurer, 268,681 92
Rail Road certificates, 169,000
Free schools, 100,000
Interest on State Bonds, 61,815 66
- Interest on New York debt, 26,926 74
Principal on do 37,000
Rail R»ad appropriation, 38,700
§693.314 32
A fe.v words of explanation may he beneficial t>
i readers who are unaccustomed to the examination
of accounts of this description. The Bank could :
not perform impossibilities. The above sum of
I $693,214 32, could not be paid without extending
; the credit nr using capital of the Bank. The direc
| tors have dme both. Tim capital stock, which mi
j the 4th of November was §2,363,210, has been redo
| ced to §1,982,003 52, and Ims been thus reduced
| §381,237 48. The balance of these payments §311,-
976 84, lias been supplied by the credit and profits
of the business of the hank.
Thera vet remains to be paid thedebtin New York,
so often alluded to; and nearly the whole amount
required to be paid by the Bank, will hav? been
s tti ».d. Tins sum §263,000, is provided f„r in
two items iu the above statement of tiic condition of
the Bank on the 17th instant. The bills of Ex
change, $284,981 94, and debts due by other hanks,
§94,473 22. These funds will easily provide tar the
debt in N w York, and discharge the whole of it by
the first of’ January. The two last quarters of the
civil list, and perhaps some uncalled for appropria- j
tions, amounting at most to thirty thousand dollars,
form the w hole of the liabilities of the Bank, which
have not lie n shown above.
The funds on hand were ample to pay the depos
ites and debts due to other Batiks, allowing the Da
rien bills now reduced to about §900,000, to be whol
ly unavailable.
We hare now disencumbered ourselves of the en
tangling items, in our statement; and remember,
it is done by arithmetic and cannot be wrong; and
our readers can see the Bank with its circulation
only to meet, and they can see its means of meeting !
that circulation. Jidut we will add the amount yet
du'e and not to he distributed to the people to make ;
up the §750,000, advertised by the directors, and
thus show the worst state in w hich the Bank is to
be placed. The sum yet to be distributed, is §210,-
OOu. But taking off the discount and the receipts at ;
the Ban k from all sources before the close of the
distribul.'on and the addition to its present circula
tion canned exceed §150,000. It will therefore ne
ver reach .‘he sum of 1,009,000, unless from new
loans or further Legislative calls.
Biit alio.-- ing tiie Bank to have paid, for the l
State, in ten months, the before mentioned sura j
of _ §693,214 32 |
and to have provided for the New
York debt, 263,000
Making in the aggregate, §956,214 32 j
and to have loaned to the people the sum ot §750,- ■
080; making §1,706,214 32, and to be indebted in i
the round sum of §U '■ ',OOO, on its hills in circnla- !
tion; and we think, it will be allowed that it has not
been idle.
And now let us see the mean -of the Bank to sus
tain the circulation e! $l,O • :*■,*(). We have allow
ed that tho profits of the Bank, its bills of Exchange,
money, checks on Banks, and d ’posites with other
Banks, are and will be ail used up in paying its de
posites, debts to Banks, debt at New York, and
balances of appropriations. tSha will yet have her
note account §1,501,903 42, to be increased by the
further sum of §210,000 and our unsold Bank stock
§8.04,200, or grand aggregate ol §2,516,103 42. The
Central Bank.has therefore an unincumbered capi
tal of §1,500,000. This is equal to the capital ot
the State Bank, and we may add that over and
above all other Banks she has the advantage of
being the peoples own institution.
Banking men will ask us the means by which the
the Central Bank expects to protect the credit of
the large amount of bills we have supposed it will
have m circulation in the month of October. It ~
must rely principally on two funds:
Banks Stock yet unsold §BO4 r 'oo
Discounted notes w hich will then
j amount to 1,710,903
Amounting to §2,515,103
Her asst ts are considerably larger and some of
them available, but these form her principal reli
ance for taking up her circulation when it becomes <
necessary for her to do so. At w hat rate, in re- ;
gard to time, will these assets yield to the Bank the
means of pa;, ing her bills?
About one million of dollars of the note account
iis for loans made prior to the year 1833. A very
large amount of this sum is in process of collection,
j and the whole will be due and payable in about
j eighteen mouths.. If it were necessary, a third part
could be cull 'Cted in tiie course of the next w inter.
1 We venture the belie! that the Bunk will receive
! from its debtors on notes, by the first of January,
; §209,080. Allowing her stock iu the Bank ofDa-
I rien to lie unavailable, the balance she yet holds in
the Augusta and State Banks, is § 179,200; and D
now going off’rapidly for Central Bank bills. If
tiie credit of the hills of the Bank is still kept
j down in the cities of Savannah and Augusta, the
i whole of these stocks will fie sold before the first
of January. By these sales and the collections re
ferred to, the circulation oflhe Central Bank will he
'■ reduced toalaou three hundred thousand dollars.
To meet this liability 0f§300,000, the assets oflhe
Ban I yill he about §2,090,000, in discounted paper.
1 his result, we remind th ■ r aider i< derived from
arithmetic. \Vc may he charged bv bankers with
| being too sanguine of selling our stocks or making
j collections, but they will not deny our arithmetic;
they know it is correct and dare not deny it ~f >r
numbers cannot err. And we reuiin i those bank*
| ers and tii ir followers that they would have been
I equally incredulous hail la y been told <i\ mouths
j ago, that tbe Bank coni ! have met th' heavy exac
tions of the Government and loaned the people tin
bauds.mie sum cf §750,02-0 without h- ing at anv
, time indebted in a sum greater than §l,(Hit),o9o. A
! friend has show n ns the figuring of one of these
’ gentry, which, vve.have no doubt, be deals out to
j such as will hear him; it contains the two following
j charitable items.
“Circnl ition of Central Bank, §1,509,000.
Depreciation fiftv percent., a consequent loss to
the bill holders 0f‘§750,600.”
This is the non <eiise, or rather, the abominable
; wickedness with which the people are attempted to
i be cheated.
Here, then, we have the “upshot” of tiie whole
1 affair. The Central Bank will loan §759,000 in a
I manner and at a time to render the greatest serv ice
I ever done the people of the State of Georgia it
will pay Government expenses and public debt to
j the amount of one million ol dollars, it will issue, '
of its bills for circulation, nearly $1,0611,000, and
can, ii necessary, reduce that circulation by tliefir-t
of Junto r ,to about $300,000, and have a clear and
unincumbered capital o*' more than §1,500,000.
And now bankers and brokers, and paitismis of
bankers and brokers, static! forth —acknowledge the 1
truth of these statement , or show th.hr falsehood.
. Doit by ar til metic and we will acknowledge our
i et tor. For we know there can be no mistake in '
i numbers.
But we trust to see the batiks and their party re
formed. We tru-U they will wine from tbeirebarac
te.rs the stain of having attempted l> de.-trov the
credit ot tbe ,State, by de ryiug the lulls ofit- Bank.
We trust they will without d liv agree to receive
and pass hs bills, til! its assets can be realised lor
their payment Th. y cannot fie so ignorant as not
to know that the fiurtlr n they would have to hear
in the operation will he light, and home for their
own good its well as for the good ol th hr country.
Shall wo remind them that the mischief the v can do,
I will be lull temporary ? That the injury they do
J the credit of the bills ol the Central Bank, ensures
the sale o its stocks and the ’payment of those Inks?
j That in-pite of their input-ut attempts, the Bank
v i 1 soon ; o disencumbered and be. able to inset*
! them face to face.
DEPARTURE OF THE ATLANTIC STEAMERS.
From England. tc i'orl:.
British Queen Sept. 1 Oct \
Great Western §ept. 12 Oct. 10
Pr sident Oct. 1 So.. I ,
British Queen .> .. .Nov. 1 D-c. 1
I Great Western Nov. 7 D?r. S
President Dec. 1 Jan. !
From Liverpool, Boston.
BritHnoiif Sept. 4 Oct. 1
Caledonia Sep*. 10 Oct-
Acid; iU;t. 4 Nov. I
Co'mu.uia Oct. 10 Nov. 15
| Britannia Nov. 4 Dec. 1
Acadia Dec. 4 J.ui. 1
\Frorn the Ak 1 k Ere. Post of Sept. 25.]
MAINE ELECTION.
N the boasts of the whigs, it D still
probable that Fairfield, the democratic candidate,
lias been elected Governor by the people. The Bay |
State Democrat of la-t evening sa vs :
“VVc received last night from a source well wortiiv
of implicit credence, the foil wing statement of the I
result fur Governor, which agrees almost to a figure |
with our own account. ‘Fairfiold now leads Kent tit
1 nist 175 votes, and as there are but 8 or 1!) small
towns and plantations to be heard from, Fairfield
will lead upwards of 290, those to come iu being un
doubtedly democratic.’”
i The Eastern Argus of Tuesday evening savs—“A
letter has been shown us from a Federalist i i Cala
is, this morning, which gives the result in every town
in that count v, (Washington) and states Kent’s mu- i
joritv 112 0n1..”
i Th? f inner paper ad Is :
“Inour statement of Tuesday wp m ule Kent’s
; majority in that county 115. The Federal party i
claim 159, which's 33 more than they are entitled
to by facts Aroostook County, vve gave at 2’9
majority for Fairfield, the Federal prints said 159
j only.
i “The Eastern Argus of yesterday says : ‘Aroos
took County, vve learn by a gentleman from Angus
ta. has been all hea r d from, and jives Fanfield 242
m ijonty. The same gentleman informs ns, that by
the closest calculations wim-h can be made in Au
gttsia, Fairfield has received more votes than Kent,
and is elected, unless tiie scattering votes defen:
; him.’
“Our aim in giving election* returns, is and has ,
been to state facte, leaving imagined victories to the
{ Allas, and others of that sort.”
MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR
Extract from a letter dated Nassau. (N. P ) 27th Au
gust, 1410, received via Havana.
“A singular circumstance occurred a few days
; ago A large French ship from Hamburg, humid
1 to Havana, was picked up by one of our little
wreckers about a fortnight ago, quite deserted. —
i She was afloat with no sails set hut a jib—not the
I least injured—having a very valuable cargo of
| wines, silks, fruits, <fec. and all in good order, and her
| papers and every thing on hoard in their pr 'p pr
| places. AA'hen sounded, three feet water was found
j in her hold, which was immediately pumped out;
; and it was discovered that she fad no leak. A few
' poultry and a cat wore only found alive, i here
were a nuraoer cf cages, with Canary birds, appa
t rently starved to death in them. I have seen one
1 of the persons who first went on board (cur old
wrecking acquaintance B land he says that the ca- .
bin and state rooms were beautifully furnished
and had all the appearance of passengers having
just stepped out of them —one in particular had a
ladies toilet, combs, brushes, <fcc. and on a settee
lay a bonnet, shawl, work box, needles, thimble
&c. as if that moment laid dow n. No one can con
jecture why she was so abandoned. There are
many cases on board addressed to different mer
chants in Havana, and the vessel by whiqh lam |
now writing is dispatched to gain some information
on the subject. She is a large new ship, hnib this '
year, and is named the Rosalie.”— N. O. Bulletin. ]
- m jl - ij —w_
JT During my absence from Georgia, persons having '
business with me are referred to Antoine Picqcet, Esq. 1
HENRY B. HOLCOMBE. :
Aug 2c' 2 56 J
Mo
Thursday Ocl. 1, 1840.
DEMOCRATIC REPI TICKET. ~
FOR PRESIDENT.
MARTIN VAN BUREN.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
JOHN FORSYTH.
ELECTORAL TIC’KF.T.
THOM AS W GOTTEN, of Wilkes.
I>. \\ . WOFFORD, of Habersham.
W. B. BELLOC!!. ©{’Chatham.
JOHN DATES,of Murray.
MIIA HR ECHOI .S, of Walton.
S?.VMI EE BEALE, of Wilkinson.
JOHN ROBINSON, of Jasper.
SA M. LE (i RO\ ES, of Madison.
SEABORN JON ES, of M uscogee. Bl
EDWA RT > IIA RDEiN, of Clark.
JAMES ANDERSON, of Burke.
CO-NJilv fI SSSTOAT AB. TII'KICT.
ROBERT W. POOLER,,rf Chatham.
I>. C. C A M BBELL, of Bihh.
ALFRED I\ ER-'ON, of iMnscogee.
JLNTCS IIJEEYER,of Clark.
J. S. PATTERSON, ofE.wlv.
J. IE LUMPKIN, of Floyd,
Vv.T of Muscogee.
A!ARK. \. COOPER, of Hall. ‘
I.DV. ALD J. BLACK, ot Scriven.
FOR STATE SENATE. V
g eor 5; e s v sa sl ey.
FOR REPRESENTATIVES, v
Gt’.V. TIKM3AK (iLA^GKK,
VTA IS SIB X 44 TO.\ SB AV V i SC,
SiAtIEV EL PAIHSH.
{?-/“ I lie partnership between the subscribers
u is dissolved yesterday, its limitation haying ex
pired. The pnnlicaiion of this p iper, and the print
ing business, will he continued by the Senior Edi
tor, uho will settle the affairs of the late firm.
At the same lime he earnestly calls on those in-<fe
dehted. to make immediate settlen.eni, as he is de-
Kirous to close all the former business. An ngenlt
or agents will be duly anil orized by the
Editor to coiled debts due thia establishment. ** I
P C.OUIEU. |
«. M. THOMPSON. v
Augusta. October I. ISIO. n
Mr. Tlwmpsiin, the laic Junior Editor, is s L
attached to [lie establishment.
IT As the operations of the Central Dank are of goner-1
al interest, we have transferred to our columns from the.
Federal Union, un article upon the, subject. We hope it
will he attentively real, as that institution must inevitu- j
My he M-ought to the consideration of tbelegisloturc at *
tile next session.
' ho fol owing paragraph from the Lynch
burg, \a. Republican, will, no doubt, arrest they
attention of the render. This is another contri
ve nee of i tie IE. rri-on federal whijjs to catch votes
Sin-ii n game is now so well understood, that no
voter (Tintelligence will bile at. the bait.
4 ,7’/s' like hini[ —lt is said that U’rn. C Rives, A
now heo.T known as ••wandering Willie.” -leclnr- m
fd in several of his harangues in the Son'll Wes' H
tlial he had in h;-- possession a Idler from Marri-oi J* fl
in v\lnch he reemts ilie rod irsemem of Webst* r'|i ■
exuosiii oi oft lie jir mlam viou.nnd regrets that it w a ■
given. Thisisi.iheiinir.il k-cpi .g with the who' j I
course of the “ I <»■>• t'aMu, h.-t rd cider and riml \1
skin” c imlhi up. who writes exclusively f.rilie prim 'fl
vale eye To secure the vo es of the Stale Right- 1
Republicans of the South, a private a. sura me y"
g v-’ri that lie no longer believes in Daniel WelJh ,
star’s construction nfilm Constitution w hitte
Federalists of the North are referred to h's pm. it
speech deliven d in ( duo in IST', for proof of his en Jjt
dorsemenf of Mr Webster’s opinio* s. (’an the en-*
lightened freemen of the Soht h support this “seven I
principles” candidate of the humbug party?” S
T r T The fallowing is f.o.n tlie Savannah Gear- a
| giaii: J
Extract of a letter to the editor from n disfiu-S jfl
gul died gcmtl. man in tin inferior, dat 'd -24th hisVaP
“i)iv;-fion among prominent members ot’ the I)f 1
mocrattc party is all that will prevent ns from
t.iiuiug a large increase upon our form r majorit’* y v |
. the ttj> country, mu! you ma . 1 >ok with certuintv
a majority in toe (Jh to.©'-* c.ii.itrv of at least 1 * I
, votes, am! my candid opiuim is we shall e\c« jfl
that ntiuiber. If we arc so fortunate as to Imv. fl
j good day on tits first aiotvl iv in October n 'xt, tie H
j mountains will overwhelm our en uni's. Tins section H
of count; - , is : ? Mast free from It.ink i ifiu nice, and jB
it will sp.-ak a language not to ho misuad >r food./
Map ’ .-ooper is now iu fii- county and doing mi vb If
good in our helm If. (lining s arc srili go in » m
our favor and they will continue to tlie first Mona" | J
in November next.” J
MISSISSIPPI. '
Wo copy the following pleasing information, ot A*
tlie political prospects in that state, from the 31 M I
sissipnian. j
NORTH MISSISSIPPI. T
Our advices Horn the Northern counties arc most
cheering. The spirit of democracy is blazing lorin i
in every hauik t and n ighhorhood. In Lowndes 1 |
county' .des-t - '. f - p igiit, J ucker, Leech, and others 4
arc on the stump, scattering to the winds the un- J
founded calumni's which the federal leaders haG’ *
put abroad in regard to Mr. Van Bnren—chargin. < #
iiome upon ilmrison his ancient fedcrnlis m , his J
damning declaration tuat “fit long has beeti an ol»j ?ct j||
near fits huu t »o s. e the wnoie of the surplus p‘ve-t’ 1
nue appropriutedß) the purchase and emancipatimi |
of the slaves —his pledge t • veto m> bill , whether 1
unconstitutional or not, which ihhv pass C ongress, j
and the longing de-ire or his w hole party to get up J
toe dav s 111 speculation and batiKpiunder again,and
thus engulf toe country in interminable debt, after
the fashion of Great Britain. Lj Noxubee, V\ Jfl
ton, I'outoloc, Octibbeha, Chickasaw and Chccta w rl
:ue demo racy are on the alert, and prepared to d° X
battle in November; luititi Marshall, Tippah, VD' '1
hemingoand Itawamba the republican vote will
exceed tlie very large majorities given tlie democra il
c\ in tnose counties in November last. Our Iri mis
abroau may rely upon it that Mississippi is safe foi «
van Bui.ui io November by from 3Jo .3,000 votes
and no mis La ,c. Never has there been a more com
jiicte raily ol tlie bone and sinew of the country
around the llag ot clemu; r«cv, than tiie last few w.-. k
have w itnessed. The spintofsEVENTV six is aroa , JH
ed, and, as the devouring element, is consultin'
pmor deluded, miserable shinpluster win j
every quarter. But see the following cx j
letter from a gentleman of much observatiti 9 J
“Salem, Tipjtah county'. Sept. •;
ou may assure your readers, that the flfl
dinary exertions of the whigs lathis part > flB
has liad no other effect than to arouse the
cy to a sense of their duty, and that from
information the writer of this can prom vB
subject the vote of Van Huren in Novemhi
an increase over that of the democratic t __
year. Major Barton is now making speec , J
Northern counties, w ith considerable effec "v J
who hear hnn that have heretolore voted
democrats who do not resolve to do so agam 1 iBH
many who have never betore supported '* \ H
Buren will do so at the coming election. 1~, gfl
doubt thatMarsball, Pontotoc, Tippah a * * J jfl
rningo will give a democratic majority ( 1 .
say nothing of Itawamba, with its clear n . I
jority of 500. •