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WILLiAHI E. JO AES. AUGUSTA, «EO„ MOJEKIXW MASEEH SO, 1838. [Trl-weckly.]--Vol. 33.
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CHRONICLE AND BENITNEL
Monday Morning, March J<).
The communication in to days paper, over the
signiture of Cato, is from the pen of a friend in
the interior of the State, who has ever been an
*unfaultering and unflinching advocate of the
State Rights doctrines, “through evil and well as
good report,” both before the people and in ike
Legislature of the State. Like him we have
ever hoped that whatever differences of opinion
might arise among ourselves as to the expedien
cy or utility of the Sub-Treasury scheme, they j
would never be suffered to impair the integrity
and harmony of the party, but unlike his, that !
hope of ours is far from being “reduced to the |
faint glimmering of n distant star.” A parly |
formed upon those great and ever-during prin- j
ctples, which constitute the basis of the State
Rights creed, should never suffer itselt to bo tin- J
I paired in strength or dissolved by any oilier quet*
tion which may temporarily arise, however ex-
I citing.
The Sub-Treasury question is certainly one of
I great importance—but it is a question which
lime (perhaps a very short time) will settle, ami
the financial policy ol the country once settled,
whether for or against that scheme, the question
■ vs at rest. Rut the principles upon which the
jtviato Rights party is formed areas lasting as the
Constitution or the Union. We ask, then, il
questions of inferior importance, and ephemeral
in the excitcmemcnt which they produce, should
bepermitled to rend asunder a party based upon
principles permanent and unchangeable in their
very nature. Wo claim the privilege of thinking
upon the (SUb-Treasury and Bank questions as
S'Wo please, feud of speaking our thoughts freely—
we yield to ethers of the party the same right.
We neither desire nor shall attempt to read any
man out of the party for differing with us upon
I the question of a National Batik, rind of those
who believe in the expediency of the Sub-Treas
ury scheme attempt to force the parly Into a por
tion il support to that measure, by making it a
test question of political otthadoxy, then at their
door lies tiro sin of dismembering the party.
Copy of n Letter to the Editor.
Your correspondent from Savannah, in your
paper of the 10th, is right about the resumption
ol specie payments. Our Banks cannot sately>
either to themselves or to the people, resume im
mediately on the resumption of the Ncw-York
Banks. Ours were the last among the Atlantic
stales to suspend ; and resumption, to be prudent
must take the same course. New-\urk tntixj
■ take the lead, hut will act unwisely if she does,
Resumption should commence at Now Orleans,
where suspension commenced, I believe.
But should New York resume in May, which
I I lake to|bo impossible in the present slate of
,it things, Georgia '{bust wail patiently until the
* Banks in New Orleans and Alabama commence.
With the circulation of our Banks in Alabama,
which is understood to bo la'ge, with the currency
of Alabama depreciated as it. is, fetid the exten
sive land sales in the west, to commence in the
spring, in anticipation of which specie in that
quarter is understood to command a premium of
25 per cent. —hovv can the Banks in Georgia re
sume without the certain prospect of being drain
ed of every dollar of tbeir specie, and consequent
thereupon, heavy demands on their debtors ; thus
biinging ruin upon them, which, reacting, must
ruin the Banks.
The Georgia Banks had little or no share in
bringing about that stale of things which made
suspension necessary. There was, in reality, no
need of their suspension, except in .self defence.,
When others so acted as to make coin an'aiticlo
of commerce, and not simply a measure of value,
we were right in not allowing the people of our
state to suffer for that misconduct So will our
Bunks ho right in resumption, so to act as that,
the people shall not suffer by the
They must not resume simply because others re.
surne; but wait patiently until the proper time
comes —tho time when it can be done without
injury to tho people. And litis lime can conic
only when resumption shall have taken place all
*
E around us, and coin shall have ceased to ho an
arlicloof merchandise. Our Banks, to act safely i
I must lake the same order in resumption that they
did in suspension ; namely, be the last.
There should be no false pride about this thing.
■ Against the influence of such feeling, our Banks
I should ho especially guarded, else mischief may
I ensue which it will lake years to repair.
■ {feOKTHE CHIIONIPLE AND SEXTtNtL.j
* If there ever was a time when the Slate
Rights parly were imperiously called upon to
reflect and forbear, the present appears to he that
K moment. I had indulged the hope that, what
r ‘~t?ver difference might arise among us upon the
Sub Treasury Bill, it w ould not be of such a
* nature as to cause a separation of out party. I
still Indulge that hope, but it shines not as once
il did with the full brightness of the sun, Iml is
rrduceu to the faint glimcrings of a distant and
fidtng star. To me the least approach to such
■K a catastrophe is pregnant with the deepest regret.
To still disagree with opponents is to be expected,
N| but far different is it with friends who have here
in* tofore acted in unison, who have acted witlt a
tLM common feeling and a common interest, who
have participated in the same triumphs and
Uk shared the same reverses; who have rejoiced in
victory and sympathised in defeat. 1 would
* rather retain an old and tried friend, than gain a
jßfdoxen new ones.
The Slate Rights party of Georgia is peculiarly
|L constituted; it consists of those who during the
®Jast tew years, have remained firm to those prin
ctples under every fortune. Associated as they
«Kr e,c un dct circumstances of the most discourag
ing nature, they have remained firm and unsha
• llr * n .’ c . ontr * vc d 1° advance in the face ol
oh-‘.aclcs hitherto uuprcscnlcd to any parly in the
i history of our country They have had, to say
; nothing of misrepresentations, to contend with
the most opprohious epiihets and denunciations,
hurled against them both hy the official authori
ties ol the Stale and the genera! government. —
It has not passed from my recollection, andean
1 only be blotted from my memory in death: the
time when 1 heard our parly denounced by the
highest authority in the Stale, when the darkest
clouds were over and around us, os traitors to
our country. But in the hour of that country’s
need, not with words hut with acta, they attested
their sincerity with their blood, which has caused
the loul asperosin to return upoti the head ol him
who made it, and those who vouched fur its
truth. At the period alluded to there was a
reorganization of parties, the sunshine politician
and the expectant of office alike deserted from a
party, where there was neither the hope of a
calm day presented to the one, or office within
reach ol the other. The breach in our ranks
was to a certain extent filled hy some noble
spirits from the opposite side, who preferred to
sink upon the ramparts of State sovereignty than
rise upon the splendid ruins of her fid!.—
| Those who joined us, however, did not make up
I thejdefieicncy of those who hud left us* Upon the
j line of party distinction being drawn the Slate
j Rights parly found themselves in n considerable
minority, linked together far the purpose ot lift
! ing the constitution from the weight »f corrup
j lion under which it had fallen. Though defeat
I was deplored, it never discouraged. With a
i vigilance that never slumbered, anil a purpose
that never faltered, defeat but nerved to greater
j action. With patriotism for the stimulent, and
truth the sword, they faced every danger, and
surmounted every obstacle ! the banner which
stood erect mid moved in proud defiance for four
years, began to waver and bend in ’'36, was lower,
cd to the ground in ’3?. Shall it again ascend
in 331
Against what has our party been struggling ?
against the assumption of power hy the Execu
tive : dangerous to liberty, destructive of our
free institutions, and.incompatible with the pros
perity and happiness of the people. The most
prominent of these assumptions was the claim of
Gen. Jackson to regulate the currency of the
country. It was in reference to this subject that
Gen lackson invoked his friends to rentier their
support to Mr Van-Bureu, because he said my
measures have, not had a fair trial; should an indi
vidual hostile to them succeed me, and ruin should
gtow out of them, my name will go down to pos
terity with infamy; Mr. Van Buren is pledged to
carry them out, elect him & give my experiments
a fair trial: Agreeable to the wish so expressed,
his friends acted. Mr. Van Buren was elected
and the result has been the/prostration of the
prosperity of the country. The derangement of
the whole fiscal concerns ofthe country, and in
stead of the belter currency which we were pro
mised, we have been left no currency at all.—
With the blasted prospects and the reck of ruin
ed hopes floating around us, we the hitherto un
compromising opponents of these measures are
now called upon to give them our support, when
every prediction < f these ruinous effects have
been more lliun realized, when they are sinking
beneath their own weight, and the indignation
ot a justly excited people, vve who have been
mainly! instrumental in producing the fall, arc
called upon to cast ourselves beneath its frag
ments. Because a corner post of our party has
passed from Borne to the Court of the Goths,
shall we descend from Olympus to follow an ea
gle in his downward flight over the crushed
hopes and despairing ery of thousands through
out the whole extent of a once happy land. Is
this the end of our ambition, this the practical re
sult* of our boasted principles. We claim to ho
led hy principles not men, shall we against all
our preconceived opinions,ami our own judgment,
he drawn into the support of measures which we
have always condemned merely became an indi
vidual high in our confidence has thought pto
per to shift his ground. That Mr. Citlhottn is
a great man, no one will doubt that docs himjus
ticc, I have read both his speech and Mr. Web
ster’s on tho Sub-Treasury, Mr. Calhoun’s is a
most tremendous effort of genius, hut it con
fuses rather than convinces, he jumps into
the very heart of a subject and cols his way
through it, while Mr. Webster, to whom I turn
fur arguments to combat him with, appears chop
ping at the extremities.
There arc, however, objection;; that present
themselves to my mind, whether well or id
founded, arc, nevertheless, sufficient to satisfy
me. At the commencement ofthe war upon the
currency of the gountry hy Gen. Jackson, ex
change was equal, the country out of debt, the
, people happy and prosperous. At that time a
United Stales Bank was in existence, through
tho agency of which the national debt had been
discharged. U’r 10 theexpiration of that intuitu
lion, that happy state of things existed ; a short
time after its end all these evils have resulted.—
■ o nce ( u ./ljre, infthe history of our country, the
like causes had produced the same results. I lay
it down, therefore, as a fundamental principle,
that a national bank is expedient, as based upon
former experience; and I lay it down as a truth
incontrovertible, that the people can establish a
constitu ional hank, and that whatever is for their
interest should bo done, will in lime be done,
l.et the people own every dollar of the stock, and
the gove nment use it as a mere deposite office.
I object, therefore, to the sub-treasury, because it
is the continuation of a measure which has al
ready produced ruin to the country, and so afr
from affording substantial relief to the people,
does not even profess such an object, I object
to the suit-treasury because it seeks to draw a
' line of distinction between the government and
the people, by making a different currency for
lltc one from what the other will be compelled to
lake. I object to it, because, in a moment of the
greatest distress and weakness among the people,
1 it seeks to strengthen the hands of the govern
ment with the means of oppression. I oljec", be
cause it strikes at the root of our prosperity, in
the annihilation of commerce and the system of
credit. I object, because the inevitable consc
: quencc of its establishment would he the ruin of
1 banks, in producing which, great distress would
: fall upon the people. I object, because it was
' ushered into existence accompanied hy a denun
! cialion of a large and enlightened portion of our
1 citizens, die mercantile community. A system
' which seeks to be established upon the downfall
: of an industrious class of (he people is pregnant
with the seeds of tyranny, and should be most
1 patriotically resisted. I lastly object, because
1 it seeks to establish a government specie bank,
’ by placing at the disposal of the President a large
’ amount of specie which may bo wielded to the
‘ destruction of tho sovereignly of the states, and
1 the liberty of the people.
’ The Slate Bights party, in following Mr. Cal
-1 houn in his support of the sub-treasury, must he
-1 come the supporters of Mr. Van Buren, and idea
tilled with the administration' Admit that, they
1 did so, I confess myself at a loss to understand
the act of regeneration in his administration lira
f has caused this change. They opposed hi* electior
e after a full development of the plan by which hi
administration was to be conducted should he l»
y elected. The same measures that agitated Ih
’ country previous to the election of. Mt Van Bit
l , ren, still continue to agitate it; there is no,per
’ ccptible change in the situation of parties, an
c none whatcicr in the relative situation of th
question. i'lie administration have gained a
proselyte, where it was (east expected, in Mr.
Calhoun; but the disaffection of Mr. Calhoun
cannot rob the parly ho leaves ot the truth and
and justice and patriotism of their principles, and
bestow them on that party to which ho may at
tach himself. Wo yield him every thing on the
score ot talent, hut in patriotism, the great mass
of the State Rights party admit no superiors. I
would again respectfully ask on what grounds
will any Slate Rights man give his support to Mr.
Aan Huron; what change of measures has he.
introduced. Can any man for a moment satisfy
himselt that the suh-treaau y is a measure of Mr.
Calhoun’s- At whose recommendation was that
measure brought before lire country ; who intro
[ dneed the present bill that is before Congress !
Mas it Mr. Calhoun 1 ! Wfint other prominent
individual hut himself, of the Stale Rights party,
countenances and supports that hill'! ?lo man
need delude himself; upon the success of that bill
1 derf-ends lire fate of the present administration,
; jt is to the decision of this very question the
i whole acts of government have been tending for
; the last five years; and no matter who may have
! first cnlettained this measure, whether General
; Jackson, Mr Calhoun, or Mr. Heaton, it will
I meet the decided opposition of the Stale Kigf; Is
1 Parly of the interior of Georgia, of whose views
ami opinions I profess to know something. We
are neither to bo bought or sold at the pleasure of
any man; as freemen we fenn our own opinions,
and as freemen wo intend to cxereise our own
judgments. We are neither to ho awed by the
power of sophistry, nor cajoled by the smiles of
flattery. Wo have been contending for our
■principles too long in the 'minority (6 tor-akc
them t now that the mist is beginning to clear
away, and victory meets our grasp. Wo mean to
break no fall, we interpose no arm to save a cor
rupt ailminirlraijirn. We helped not to elevate, so
neither will We stoop to save; we have received
no kindness from, we feel no sympathies with
if; abused in its prosperity, wo ask no recantation,
in the hour of its misfortune. Its opinions can
not change our principles, if they were right they
will remain so under all circumstances. Hold
ing such views, though a majority is gratifying
(ho fear of a minority will not drive us from our
course: we ere prepared to remain in an e crnal
minority rather than give up one inch of the
ground we occupy.
Again I ask what dock the Stale Right Party
expect to gain by an advocacy of Mr. Calhoun
or Mr, Van Buren. It is in the recent know
ledge of overy man, that the bare suspicion of
a connexion between Mr. Calhoun and the
Troup party caused its downfall, and still more
recent is the fact that l!ie connexion between
Mr. Van Huron and tin- - i-oncest innnerieal par
ty that ever existed in Georgia, is rapidly causing
the overthrow of that party. Then what trio,
live 1 might ask were 1 addressing men less pure
than I believe the Slate Rights parly to lie, could
induce you lo follow the one in his dereliction of
principle to support the other who never yet
possessed any. Where is the inducement of
sered our patriotism. Mr. Calhoun may be. i>.,-
nesl in bis present views; between hi* acts and
his conscience I interpose no inquisitorial powo - ;
if he thinks himself right, in heavens name let
him enjoy his opinion. Through a combination of
circumstances the Slate Rights Party at a period
of its greatest trials found an auxiliary in Mr.
Calhoun. For the services he rendered us then, we
cannot ho indifferent to his fate, and at the same
lime that we regret his departure from among us,
we are consoled by the reflection that wu nn-in
nocent of the cause that produced il. Wo acknow
ledge nn head, no leader in our ranks. Certain
■ plain land maiks wc have laid down before us,
which the most ignorant may sec, and which
| none can pass over with impunity; n rigid con
struction ot ihe constitution is one, the confining
the government lo its legitimate sphere of action
is another; an uncompromising limitation of the
powers of the executive, and the confining them
to their proper bounds is one of the greet objects
of bur parly; above all lo keep distinct and sepe
ratc the power of ibe sword and purse, for in the
words of Mr. Calhoun himself •- any thing is
now done by m ncy, it is the sinews not only of
war but of politics, it exercises almost unlimited
coni roll.” As the guardians of liberty whose Sen
tinel" wo claim to be, what are we lo do with
this (it that man’s becoming weary of his du-y
„ n ,l forsaking his po-t. We have other end higher
1 ends in view, a more responsible duly to per
1 r„ rm which requires all our vigilance and forc
■ sigh!. _ CATO.
FROM OUR CORHKSPONEK.VT.j
’ WASiILNGTON.jMarch 13th, IB3S.
i In the Senate, Mr. Wright presumed a peti
, lion from the New York Typographical Society,
i remonstrating against the passage of an interna
tional copy-right Law, ordered to be printed.
1 Mr. PRES TON presented a petition from in
- habitants of Cheraw, for a new mail route.
> Tbc Senate again proceeded to the considers-.
- tion of tho Sub-Treasury Bill.
Mr. WEBSTER resumed the floor and nd
-1 dressed the Senate about two hours and a half,
i in continuation and conclusion of his speech
i against the bill—particularly in favor of the con
r stitutional power and duly of Congress to icgu
. late the currency—in reply to Mr. Calhoun, and
I on the origin character and purpos-es of the cim
. slitution.
I Mr. ROBBINS having indicated his desire to
- speak on the subject, the Senate adjourned after
r an Executive session.
In the House of Representatives, tho order of
t the day, was tho mcesage on Ihe North-eastern
i Boundary. The pending motion being tho pre-
I vious question on the motion of Mr. Howard,
r and the motion to refer the Message of the Presi
i dent of tho United Slabs and accompanying
3 documents upon the subject of the North-eastern
Boundary and the imprisonment of Mr. Grcely,
. of Maine, to the Committee on Foreign Affairs,
- that motion was pul and prevailed, and the pro
i posed reference was ordered.
f Several hills from thu Senate received their
- first and second readings, and were severally
f committed.
1 General Appropriation Crtr,.
a On motion of Mr. Cambrelong, the Housa re
solved itselfinlo Committee of the Whole on the
r State of the Union, f Mr. Casey in the Chair)
and again took up the civil and diplomatic bill,
1 and tho amendments offered thereto by Messrs,
t Cambrelong and Bell.
t An amendment offered by Mr. Cambrelong,
c providing for the proceeds of old furniture at the
Presidents house lo the purchase of new, was
e agreed to.
o Mr. M. Morris, of Penn., moved to strike out
j f|om line 433 of tbc bill, the word “thirty,” and
[o invest in lien thereof the word “twenty.”
1- As a member of Committee ol Expenditures in
- the Department of State, Mr. M. had had occasion
i- to look into these mailers, and had ascertained,
v that the payments under this head had, from
d 1R29 to 1837 inclusive, been 500 dollars annual-
U | v | £ -ss than the sums appropriated; and that that
,n agirre.ga'e balance was yd in the hands of tho
is Department, applicable to that object. He cou d
,c *0 „o reason therefore, why Hits reduction should
13 i noi He mode*
1 Mr CAMBRELENG modefirtmeexidanalion.i
r- ! .|,d the amendment was rejected.
~| j Mr reed proposed to amend Ibe mil by ad
to 1 dm- k.Vd.OOO, for the erection, rebuild.ng, and
--w-»>fii —l■ I H-^tV.-OVVI-WMI'
completion of light-houses in New Hampshire,
Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New fork.
Mr. 1);VW SQN thoughuhat (Iris proposition
ilid not eorne under the iit'> of the hill under
consideration. There wus ns much more for
such appropriations on ihe Southern ns on the
Northern Atlantic const, which, in the proper
time, he should move for.
Mr. HEI') I.) explained, showing that the amend
ment lie ptoposed was intended to carry out more
periodic one ol digprovisions actually contained
Hi the mil under consideiaiion.
The amendment was rejected by tho Commit
tee:
Mr. CAMBRELENG moved an amendment,
appropriating the sum of $t!0,000 for tho com
pletion ol public buildings in the Territory of
Vv iscon-irt.
Mr. BELL objected to this amendment, on tlie
ground ot its being a bad 'f'reeedenl; The for
mer appropriation of $20,000 for this purpose was
understood to have been intended as final, for lire
completion of the public buildings in Wisconsin.
He was opposed to the whole system, which see
med to he becoming a common one,
Mr, CAMBRELENG shewed the necessity of
making the appropriation now asked for, hy way
ol completing what had been begun ami carried
on to some extent.
Mr. !BiS YDER, of Illinois, suggested that in
case of the occuirence of the contemplated divisi
ion of tiro Territory into East and West Wiscon
sin, the present buildings would bo so located as
to render them inutile.
Mr. BRONSON maintained that this location
; wall such as to obviate this objection; being the
centre of what, under tho contemplated division,
would be Wisconsin proper.
Mr. BELL insisted on Ins former objections,
urging that the sum originally appropriated was
intended to bo final : a view which Mr. Bronson
opposed. The amendment was injected.
Some other comparatively unimportant amend
ments were then acted upon: after which, on
motion, the House (at 4 o’clock) adjourned.
M.
WASHINGTON, March 14, 1838.
Tire debate in the Senate on the Suli-Tteasu
ry Hill for a few days past have been mere inter
oiling and exciting than any discussion during,
the present session. The lute hofcr to which
both houses sal from day to day prevented me
from giving so full a noli e of this us 1 wished,
without neglecting all other business. I gladly,
embrace a leisure hour on a less interesting day
to notice more particularly some of the most stri
king incidents in these p ■oceedifigs.
The sketch I gave ol Mr. Golhoun’s reply to
Mr. Clay, and of the rejoinder of the latter will
excite the curiosity of your readers for the full
report of the memorable controversy. A keener
encounter of wits never took place in the Capi
tol. Mr. Calhoun defended himself with singu
lar ingenuity and power, arid made a hold and ’
vigorous onset on his opponent. Mr. Clay repel-,
led these attacks with a dexterity, force, and
promptness, as great as ever were displayed; and
assailed Mr. Calhoun in his turn with extraordi
nary energy and effect. When you see the
whole debate in print, I think you will admit
that Mr. Calhoun entirely failed in making out
tho charge he brought against Mr. CLAY' of
omission and misrepresentation, and in proving
his own consistency.
There was one passage in the reply of Mr.
Clay, which I have no doubt will he greatly mis
represented for the purpose of injuring him in
the Smith. I moan that in which he referred to
nullification. Tho infamously mendacious Globe
has already busied itself in misrepresenting his
course of remark. Mr. Clay offered no insult
to the nullifiers. Nor did ho say any thing at
all disrespectful to the Slate of South Carolina
herself or to the nullifiers as a parly. But know,
ing the magnanimous part he had acted at that
memorable crisis when South Carolina took her;
altitude ; believing that no man could candidly
assert that Stale interposition compelled the pas
sage of the compromise act, and indignant at the
exalting lone in which Mr. Calhoun had made'
that assertion —it was natural that in the person
al controversy, he should repel the statement
with some heal, and even retort upon his oppo
nent. What he said was meant for Mr. Calhoun,
and extorted by the lone of taunt and cxhnlta
lion in which that Senator had indulged, while
selling in the midst of those who were ready to
battle against nullification in the most violent
manner Gen. Jackson might suggest • and while
supporting our administration that follows in the
foolatepts of the lasi, and inherits its principles
Proclamation and all!!
I was sorry that the language of Mr. CLAY
was such as to give pain to others, high-souled
and patriotic men who were with South Caroli
na on that occasion, and no man regretted more
than Mr. Clay himself that “ he hud shot his ar
row o’er the house and struck a brother.”
Mr. PRESTON gallantly defended his Stale
and his party if: ike stand they had taken. Jlis
speech was distinguished for spirit ami eloquence,
produced a powerful impression. It called out
from Mr. CLAY a short explanation, in which
ho disclaimed all intention of disrespect to South
Carolina or to the nullifying party, and made an <
eloquent reference to the character of the State,
and to some of tho most distinguished e.mong
those who supported her al that crisis.
Tito speech which Mr. WELSILL com
menced on Monday, and finished on Tuesday,
was the greatest by far that has distinguished tin:
debate. It is regarded by those who have heard
him on all the great occasions of the display of
his faculties of reasoning and eloquence, as by
far the most powerful intellectual effort of his
whole life, the two great questions of which ho
proposed the consideration arc, “is the bill suit
ed to the condition of tho country and the cir
cumstances of the times'! and docs it fulfil the
constitutional duties of tho Government!”
Under lire first head lie took a wide and most
philosophical view of that condition and those
circumstances, dwelling particularly on the state
of the currency, the advantages of the credit sys
cm, the relations between capital and labor, the
hanking system as it has existed in England and
this country, the, absurdity and impracticability
of an exclusive specie currency, and tbe perni
cious cHeels which would flow from it, even if
adopted; its hostility towards tho resumption of
specie payments by the Hanks, uy keeping in the
Treasury one-third ol the whole specio of the
country.
A more admirable analysis, a more eloquent
exposition never was made than this portion ot
tho speech.
But this argument on lire constitutional duly
j and power of tho general government to provide
a sound and uniform currency vVas not less pow
erful. He deduced this power and duty first
from the grant of authority over coinage. In
connection with this point, he proved that Mr.
Calhoun had in 181(1, distinctly and in terms
■ admitted that the Coiuliliitiou given to Con
■ gren the power to regulate the currency. Mr.
Calhoun introduced a bill for repelling t r redeem-
I able paper, by taxing bank notes, appointing a
I Commissioner of Stamps vim was to stamp on
the face of every nolo not redeemed in specie on
1 demand “non ,pc.de payi'np haul, ’and return it
with that brand of dishonor and disgrace. All
■ tins Mr. Calhoun rbntvtJ fioui die < outage
1 Power!
Mr. WEBSTER contended that Congress al
so poascssed the power lu regulate lire currency
under the giant of mitlioriiy over commerce. 1
i have no doulil his reasoning on this point will he
looked upon as the most a life part of tins oldest of
all his speeches. Ho placed in a light stronger
than ever it was exhibited in, before.
Mr. WEBSTER’S reply to Mr. Calhoun was i
overwhelming. He prefaced by a most beautiful j
and impressive reference to his intimacy and ,
friendship which had subsisted between Mr, C. [
and himself from their first entrance on public
life down to the session of 1823 21 their renew
ed intimacy in 1833—and then parting on the
great questions which arose at the Extra Session
Mr. WEIJSTEK said he parted with the Sen
ator from South Carolina, with regret and he Clo
sured Mr. C that ho carried with hinrall that per
sonal kindness - allthat hearty good will—all those
cordial wishes for his future happiness and pros
perity with which their early, long—continued
and sincere friendship had inspired him.
Upon this portion of Iris remarks I w ill dwell
fully to morrow. 1 must reserve the rest of this
paper for a notice of the proceedings of today
After some miscellaneous business, Air. Rob- I
bins of H. I,—the oldest member of the Senate—
delivered an aide and most classical discourse
against the Hill.
lie was followed hy Mr. BENTON, who went
into a long exposition of “facts and figures,” In
prove that there is no commercial distress, no
pressure of any kind ; and that the nation may
he congratulated on that improvement in the cur
rency which General Jackson brought shout !
that the Treasury Order was a God-seml, and
that Ihu only reason why wo have nothing but
shin pianist's and rags, is that the banks are in a
conspiracy to keep ail the. specie out of the hands
of the people !! ! lie will probably speak several
days. I do not believe the vole will ho taken
on the hill for a fortnight.
The House was engaged chiefly with the Gen- ’
eral Appropriation bill which made hut slo v
progress.
Air. CURTISS, a representative from Maine,
died this evening. No business will ho done to
morrow in Congress, nor on the next day.
M. .
I'LOlimA.
Extract of a letter received in Savannah from
an officer of the army, dated,
Four Mellon, E. F. Fun. 10.
“Report says that Cnacoochee ( Wild Cat) is
now on an Island in the most extensive lake yet
discovered in Florida, called Okeechoohe. It is"
so distant from the shore as not in be visible.—
Here he has collected his women and children.
Two hundred head of cattle were taken on the
38th of January hy the army. The Indians ap
pear determined to light to the last ; so the war
. is no nearer to Us termination, to all appearances
lhan when it fust begun.”
From YJflliirulrl , March 13.
Three Days Later from Havre.
The Havre packet ship Louis Plnllippe, Capl.
Castolf, arrived lust night. She left Havre on
' the Ist of February, and brings flies of that port
to the 31st January, and Paris dales to the 39th
of the same month. They contained nothing of
particular interest.
The Loire above and below Orleans, has been
frozen over. The bank of Fiance has given no
tice that from February Isi it will make advances,
hy way of loan, on the security of Stock in the
Public Funds, Canal Shares ami bonds of Paris,
as low ns 500 fr. The total receipts of the Octroi
at the barricis of Palis, for 1830, amounted to
29,594,380 fr., or I. 1,183,775, 4*.
The Savings bank of Paris on Monday the
29th January received in deposilc 050,784 bancs;
399,500 francs were withdrawn.
The Flench Funds had been disturbed hy the
, false alarm of a dissolution of tho Whig minia
‘ try in England. .
On the Hist January the 5 pnr cents open
ed at IU9L 70c. and closed at Io9f. 80c.
The Carlist exposition ol Zavala has been
atopped at the back ot the Ebro, on the op
posite side ot which Esparlero had collected
a largo force;
The Sentinels des Pyrenees gives a report
that four royal residence are to bo construc
ted for Don Gains nl Durango, Elorrio, Loyo
la, and Eetellu, and that, the furniture destin
ed fur them had been taken from the proper
ty ot the emigrants. To prevent damage or
accident, the furniture 13 to ho carried to its
destination on the backs of 100 men, who had
been recruited for the purp so. by order of
Don Carlos a new general levy of men be
tween I fro ages of 17 and 50 was to take
place vvjth a view to re-organize tho old roy
alist militia.
The refusal of the French Ministry to in
terfere openly in the Spanish war ol succes
sion in likely to occasion the fall of the new-
Ministry of Count Orta I in'. The Queen lias
sent for General Cordova, to whom, it is
supposed, she has entrusted the reformation
of the cabinet,
COMM EIICIA L.
HAVRE MARKET JAN. 31
Colton. —Tho prices ut which the hula of the
sales have been made since our last Report of the
23d not, establish a further decline of 1 a 2 cen
times per t kilo, on United States short staple Cot
lon*- sod, upon the whole, these descriptions are
front 1 to 5 centimes lower than they wore at the
beginning of the month. The other kinds, in
winch there has been little or nothing doing, have
remained stationary.
The sales comprise 5988 boles, as follow s; 2052
I!. New Orleans,of which 1524 U. at 1. 95 50 to 1
U 9 251 H. at f. 100 to 103, 226 B.atf, 103 to f. 107,
ami 51 B. at f, 111 to f. 112 50—22 1! Mobile, at f.
<J4 to f. 102;—1784 B. Upland of which 439 li. at
f. 9250 to f 99, 100) B. at f. 100 to f. 102,50, 191 H.
ut f. 104 to 105 and 100 b. binglelon olf. GO; the
whole duty paid.
Tho arrivals, owing to Easterly winds which
hove detained at sea the supplies expected have
amounted only to 3217 B. United Stales, and IoH
other sons.
married,
In Augusta,on the 14th instant, hy tho Rev. Mr
Barry, Mr Hamel Schannell, to Miss Ellen
Haley, both of this city.
/uHVVKTNKItSHII* DISSOLVED.—
Vy The copartnership of Thompson Ac Nolen,
nt tho Indian Springs, Geo , was dissolved on tho
6lh of October last hy mental consent. 7'ho un
dersigned lias moved lu Chambers comity, Ala,
and has left his Rotes and accounts with Mr
I'lionipson 'hr collection.
march 19 w3t ISAAC NOLEN.
| toil! montlis altar date,application will be made
S' to the honorable tho interior court of Jetfer-
Bon county, when silling ns a court (or ordiriniy
purposes for leave to sell the 1 md and negroes of
Richard Hudson, deceased.
march 16 H.\ RVEV B PIPKIN. Adi .’E _
Gcorsrio, .?<;!fi:r- on eouutyt
tTI/JIERBAS Ashley Phillips, administrator
V V on llio estate of Stephen loiter, lute ol said
county, deceased, applies tor letters disnii-sory.
These are therefore to olio and admonish all and
! j singular the kindred and creditors of the said de
ceased, to be and appear nl tny office within the
i lime prescribed by law, to shew cause it any they
1 I have, ivhy said lei tors should not be granted-
I i (liven under my hand at office, in Louisville,
this 16ili dav of March 1H34.
| mar I*s EBEMEZEU BOTH NELL,(’II.
Georgia, Jefferson county:
VV AS, Patrick B Uinnolly, Adminiilra-
V* toronthe I state of Tandy C Junta, late
ol »niii county, deceased, applies lor Letters dia
missory.
These are therefore to cite and admonish oil and
sing ilnr tlio heirs midcreditors ol said deceased, to
lie Hid appear al n. J office within llie lime proven-
Jo d by law, lo tile ibeir objections, if any they
, nave, to shew cnusu wny said letters should not bo
i granted.
Given under my hand, at office, in Louisville,
tins llith day of March, IHDH.
raafah id EBEtStZt£HOTHWELL, Clk.
Notice to CoittaOtOH.
1 EALED proposals will be receivod by tho
! Hoard ol 1 ntstees of Oglethorpe University
| nt.lhe office of their secretary at .Midway, Geo.
hero a plan and specifications may bo rnieu)
until the fiflit ol May next, (hr tlu erection of tho
main College edifice of Oglethorpe University.
I ho budding to he of brick, throe stories high, in
cluding Ilia basement story; the main part of the
building rnlining back B'J lent by oil; the wings to
bo 31 by 30.
One lentil of tho contract to he paid when tho
some is entered into; one tenth when tha base
ment story is raised; one tenth on each rnccoed
ing story; one tenth when Iho building is covered
in. and one lontli whoa the building is completed,
j i lie time lor tho not mom of the remaining lour
| tenths, lo ho specified in the proposals.
The undertaker, if he would prefer, would bo
permit!' d f-> nniko tin- Uriel,« on lho lands oi tho
University. .Necessary wood lor burning tho
brick and tiinhor lor tho building, standing, will
ho furnished, 'the proposals must distinctly
slate llie lime within which the building is to be
completed.
Tim undertaker will he required to give bond
an.; r' ciniiy lor the faithful porlormonco of nho
work. The board of trustees will give the like
security, if required, for the payment ufthcsevuiol
instalments as above spec. lied. ‘
.SAMI, K TAI.MAOE,
Sec of Board o' 'frustum Og. University.
Midway, Coo. March 17 Gil w3t
An extraordinary and remarkable cureV'
Mrs Alary Dillon, ol \V illiunistinrgli, was restored
to health by the use of tills mod joins.—The symp
toms of this dcstn smog case were as ibllows: Totnl
loss ul upped to, palpitation ol tho heart, twitching
of tho londonii.wilh a general spasmodic alfection of
the muscles, difficulty of breathing, giddiness,
languor, lassitude, great depression oi spirits, with
the lenr of .some impending evil, a sensation of
fluttering at the pit of the stomach, irregular tran
sient pnms in different parts, great cmancipatiou
with other symptoms of extreme debility.
'J lie above case was pronounced hnpclsss by
three of the mist eminent physicians, ana a disso
lution ol the patient daily awaited lur by her friends,
which may he authenticated by the physicians
who were in attendance. .She has given her choer
tnl permission to publish the above facts, and will
also gladly give any information respecting tha
benefit she hiu received to uny enquiring mind-.
MARY DILLON.
SKTMr. Charles Semple, who had been
afflicted for five years with Immoral habitual Asth
ma, applied to Dr Evans on the 4th of Nov. labor
ing under the following symptoms; A sense oi
lightness across the chest, with the greatest diffi
culty in breathing, distressing cough, generally
ending with copious expectoration of viscid phlegm,
disturbed rest, llie face lurgid and of a livid hue;
could not lio in a horizontal position without tho
sensation of immediate suffocation, languor, drow
siness, and dissinvss in the head, and loss of ap
petite.
Air .S', applied to the most eminent physician in
the city, likewise used several other remedies
without obtaining ahy permanent benefit un
til Ilia friends persuaded him ” o place Imnsolf
and rDr wvuns’ treatment, ilo is now relieved
of his complaint, and called at the oflico yesterday,
avowing l tint be hail not words to express his grsti
ndofn- the benefit he had received.
For sale by AN f'ONY & /MINES.
A letter jjl'rom Doct. M. I*. Gilbert to
Doct. Evans.
Hear Sji*- had the Hrmmnal Cwwper known tha
medicsl qualities of the Camomile Plant, he as
well us thousands since (besides myself) weuld
have experienced its wonderful effects on the ner
vous system. The public, utility of Cowpor
was blighted in the hud, through the natural effect
of Ins nervpus debilily upon die mental powers
w hich made it necessary (or him to seek relief be
neath the rural shade, hut tho calm retreat gave his
physical nature no repose, if some one then hod
known lire secret of concentrating the medical via
lues of the (,'ummnillc, the discoverer would have
been immortalized With poetic zeal, as the benefac
tor of suffering man.
Tho above lines wire prompted from the effect 1
have experienced from Dr. Win. Evans' Camoinila
Pills. Voors.&c. oIIEI./JEN F. GILBERT,
ting fi Durham,Orson co. N Yv.
Another recent lest of the unrivalled
virtues of Dr. Win. Evans’ Medicines.—
Dysyrjttia—Ten yearn Htanding. —Mr. J. McATnrie,
was aflliclcd with Iho above complaint (or |on
years, w hich inenpaeiated with him at intervals, for
six years, in attending to his business, restored to
ported health, under tier salutary treatment of Dr
Win. Evans.
The principal symptoms wore, a sense of disten
sion anil oppressio i after eating, distressing pad) in
tho pit cJ tho stomach, nausea, impaired apjitrtite,
giddiness, palpitation of the heart, grunt debility
and emaciation, depression of spirits, disturbed
rest, sometimes n billions vomiting and pain in the
right side, nn extreme degree of Inngour and fiiint
ness, any endeavor to pursue his business causing
immediate exanstion and weariness.
Mr. McKenzie is daily attending his business,
and ruin') of the above symptoms hove recurred
since he need the above medicine He is n6vv a
strong and her Ithy man. ilo resorted to myriads
ol remedies, hut they were all ineffectual.
Fori-salo by ANTONY Az HALVES
march 8 Sole agents (or Augusta, Geo.
Asi limn, three Years standing. ■ > -I
Mr ROBERT MONROE, Schuylkill, afflicted
with the above distressing malady. Symptoms:
Great languor, flatulency, disturbed rest, nervous
head ache, difficulty of breathing, tightness and
stricture across the bieast, dizziness, nervous irrita
tiility and restlessness, could not lie in a horizontal
position without the sensation ol impending suffo
cation, palpitation of tho heart, distressing cough,
costiveness, pain in the stomach, drowsiness, great
debility ami deficiency of the nervous energy. Mr.
Monroe gave up every thought ol recovery, and
dire despair sol on tho countenance wf every person
interested in ins existence or happiness, till by ac
cident lie noticed in a public paper some cures ef
loctvd by Dr IVm Evans Medicine in his comp’aint
which induced hnn to purchase a package of tha
pills, which resulted in completely removing every
symptom ol his disease. He wishes losay nis mo
tives for this declaration is, that those afflict' d with
the same or any symptoms similar lo those from
which he is happily restored, may likowuereceivo
the same inesliuiaMe benefit;
For sale by ANTONY & HAINES.
TWENTY FIVE DOL-
Inrs Reward. Kanaway
J from my plantation near
Louisville, Jefferson county,
/ Ga. o , the a7th of Feb. last.
&rJy. *Ol ft f a negro man by the name of
A fj lie K, about twenty
five years ol age; it led fivu or six inches high, oi
a dark comph xiott, stout and hoavy built, a round
and bumpy sac vpcaks quick when spoken 10.
'.'aid negro may be lurking about the noighhorhood
or Savannah, as he is a tolerable shoemaker. The
above rawed will ho given for Ihq apprehension
and confinement ol said negro in aav sale jail so
that 1 get him, or lor Ins delivery to me at mv res
idence. WAJ. WUJfMMf
march >7. COffgt.
(STRAYED
From tin subscriber's plantation
near Louisville, Jefferson cnduly,
about th« first of December last,
li-'qTjtf 11 large yellow work STEAR,
«j£»Biwitiaßs* about H or 9 years old,marked in
tho right car under slope, and over slope in tho left
ear; had on when ho left a small hell. Any infor
mation in relation to said es.ray steer will be
thankfully received and reasonable co npeneation
I paid, it required, fit. such information, either
1 \ crhnllv or v. riltt n, addtessed to hitn.L?nisville Gn.
m, r 1 IBw3t PENT AM S CAR* IV-t'LL-