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min Bill.
Cuncludtd.
Bat admit for a moment, that neither the
reparation nor the connection would have any
sensible effect to increase or diminish the re
venue; and lint it would lie of the same
amount, whether the ti t) or substitute should
be adopted; yet, even on that supposition, the
patronage of the latter would bo an hundred
fold greater than the former. In estimating
the amount of patronage at' Hify measure,
three partianlarg must be taken into the cal
culation; the number of peraona who rn iy be
effected by it; their influence by the commu
nity, and the extent of the control exercised
over them- It will be found on comparison,
that the substitute combines all these clement*
Ml a fsr greater degree, than the bill, us I shall
now proceed to show. I begin with the num
ber.
The bill provides, as lias been stated, fur
four principal receivers, eight or ten clerks,
and a suitable number of agents to act ns
inspector*, making in the whole, say 2T» indi -
vidual*. These would constitute the only ad
mtianal officers to keep and disburse the pub
lic money. Tne snbst.lule, in addition to the
officer* now in service, provides for the select
lion of3sbank< to be taken trom the most
powerful and influential, and vvli eh would
have, on an average, ul the least, 100 officers
and stockholders each, making in the aggre
gate, 2,. r >oo persons, who would be directly
interested in the hanks, ami of course, under
Ihe influence of Ihe Government.
As to the relative influence of the officers
and the selected banks over the community
every impartial man must acknowledge, that
the preponderance would he greater on the
side of llie latter. Admitting the respectabil
ity of the receivers mid oilier officers provide
■ed for in the bill, and the officers and stockhol
der* of the bulks to be individually the muni',
•till the moans of control nt the disposition of
the former, would bn ns nothing compared to
that ot tlie latter. They could not touch a
• cent of public money. Their means would
be limited to their salary, which would bo 100
small to ho felt in the community. Very dif
liprent would ho the case with the officers
and stockholder* of the banks. They, of all
persons, arc by fir the most influential in the
community. A greater number depend on
them for accommodation and favor and the
success of their business and prospects in ifi;
than any other class in society; and ibis
would be especially true ol the banks connec
ted with the Government.
It only remains now to compare the extent
of the control that may be exercised by the
Government over the two, in order to coins
plctc llie comparison; and here again the
preponderance will be found to be strikingly
en the same side. Tlic whole amount of ex
penditure under the bill would not exceed
$30,000 annually at the very farthest; and
tins constitutes the whole amount of control
winch the Government can exercise. There
would he no perquisites, no contracts, jobs or
incidental gains. The offices and salaries
•wou'd be all. To that extent, those who
may hold them, would be dependent on the
•Government, and thus far they may he con
trolled. How stands the account on the
other side! What value shall ho put out lie
public deposit! sin the hanks! What on (lie
• rceeivabtlily of their notes, ns cash, hy the
■Government! What on their connection
with the Government, "» thutr fiscal agent,
which would have to great a control over the
exchanges and business ol'Jhe country! How
many millions shall these bo fsiinJnlcd at, and
how insignificant must the paltry sum et $30,-
TKX) or $lO,OOO appear to those count!'**s
millions held under the provisions ol the Sui'- |
-etitutc at Iho pleasure of the Government! I
Having now finished iho comparison as to I
the relative patronage of too two measures j
'T shall next compare them as fiscal agents oft
*the Government; and here let me say, at the
outset, that the discussion has corrected nn
error, which I once entertained, I had snp
•[loB(lo.linn iho )i»»,r,l .1' iMSirfHrje l die public
money under the custody of officers oflhe Go
vernment, would he greater, than in bank.
The Senators from New Hampshire and Con
necticut, (Messrs Hubbard and Ndes) have
proved from the reoojd, that the hazard is on
(he othersidev; and that we have lost more by j
Iho hanks, than by the collecting and disbars- I
mg officers combined. What can be dnp.'o
to increase the security by judicious selection
of officers, aird proper organization, is strongly
illustrated hy tire fact staled by the chairman
(Mr. Wright,) in his opening speech; that in
the War Department, there lias been no loss
for 13 years,—from’2l to T 3A,—on expendit
ure certainly not less Ilian $100,1)00,000. I
toko some pride in this result of an organiza
tion, Which 1 originated and established when
Hecrclaty of War against the most formida
ble opposition
As to the relative expense of the two agon- I
cics, that of the bill, as small as it is, if we are ■
to judge hy itppearancet, is the greatest; but
if by facts, the substitute won dbe much the I
most so, provided wo charge n with all the ;
advantages, which Iho banks would derive I
from thoir connection with the Government, I
ns ought in fairness to be. done, ns the whole i
ultimately comes out of the pockets ot the 1
people.
In a single particulsr the hanks have the !
advartage us fiscal agents. They would be j
Hie more convenient. To this they are enti. I
tied, and I wish to withhold from them no 1
credit, which they may justly claim.
Toe Senator from Virginia (Mr. Rives)
appeared to have great apprehension, that the
collection ot the public dues in specie might
lead to hoarding. Ho may dismiss his fears
on that head. It is not the genius of modern
and civilized Governments to hoard; and if it
were, the banks will lake care, that there
shall be no extraordinary accumulation otcish
in the Treasury. Pass the bill, and 1 under
write, that we shall never have again to com
plain of a surplus. It would rarely, if ever
in peace and settled tunes, exceed three or
four mi lions at the outside. Nor is his ap- j
prehension that hoarding of specie would lead !
to war, loss groundless. The danger is in i
another quarter. War is the harvest of banks,
when they are connected with Government. |
The vast increase of revenue and expend!. |
lures, and the enormous public loans, which
necessarily enure mainly to their advantage, j
swell their profits in war to 'he utmost limits.
But separate them from Government, and war
would then be to them, a state of famine, for
reasons which must bo apparent alter what
lias been said, which would throw their weight
mi the side of peace and against war; just as
certainly, as | have shown that the separation
would throw it on tire side of lux payers, and
against thetax consumers,
I come now to the comparison of the ef
fects ol the two measures on the currency of
the country. In this respect, tho Senator
tro ii Vifg'iiiit (Mr. lliv -b) seemed to think,
that Ins substitute would h.ivu a great superi
ority over ilielnll; but his reasons were to
me wholly iiusat staetory. If w* ere to judge
iro n experience, u ought to be pronounced to
be the worst po stbln measure. It has been
’ n •perati )!' but I'Vkv (eich Air lit; i few
* years) sincei m r i, nn. ni mont <f 'the do*
vernmenl; ami .1 h»s-o happened, I hut the
only two explosion* ui' f• < u rem-y. occurred
daring those periods. J! it, without relying
’ on these disastrous occurrences, wn have seen
’ j enough to satisfy the most moredulous that
J | there are great and radical defects in mi bunk
, circulation, which no remedy heretofore np
j plied, has been able to remove. It originates
, m tho excess of paper, compared to specie,
’ and the only effective cure is to increase :he
\ latte', and rslticethe former; and i his tho sub
, i stituto itself impliedly acknowledges, hy pro
posing a remedy tiiat would prove wlmhy in -
j operative. It proposes that, after a certain
period mentioned, non? of the hanks to he so*
' t looted, should issue notes under ten dollars
j The effects would clearly be, not a diminution
of the circulation of email notes, but a now
division of the banking business, in which
. the'issue of large note* would fall to the lot
of the selected hanks mid the small to the
| others,(without restricting, in the least, tho ag
gregate amount of piper circulation.
|jnt what tho substitute would fail to do, I lie
bill wuuldeffectually remedy. Nunc doubt,
, but the separation from Itio banks would
greatly increase the proportion of specie to
J .paper; but the Senator from Virginia (Mr.
I | ftivee) apprehends, that its operation would
Ihe too powerful; so much so, I n fact, as to
! destroy the batiks. His argument is, that
specie would h? always at a premium, and
that it vt mild be impossible for the banks to
<1 ) business, so long as that was the case. Mi>
t feirauru groundless. What he dreads would
be but a temporary evil. The very tact, ilia'
j specie would bear a premium would have the
diftiblo effect, to diminish p iper circulation,
an I ificteasc the importation of specie, till an
equilibrium between the two would lie resto
red, when they would be nt par. At what
point this would be effected, 13 a little oncer-
J- tain; but the (’ear is. that with onr decreasing
( revenue, Instead of the specie being increased
1 >0 excess, it would not be increased snfli ;ienV
j lv to give the desired stability to the currency.
In this connection, ibe Senator urged eo
objection against the hill, which I regard ns
, wholly groundless. lie said, that the pay-j
I nieiil of the dues of the Government in spe
, cie, would create a double demand; a domes
j tic, ns well as a foreign, the eli’ecls of which
, would bo to increase grea'ly, its fluctuations ?
and so deeply was be impressed with the ides,
that lie drew a vivid picture of its alternate
flow from the coast to tho interior, and from
North to South, and hack again. All this is
the work of imagination. The effect would
be directly the reverse. Them?'.; numerous
| the demands, the less the fluctuation; so much
, ho, that, the greatest stability would be, where
, it exclusively performed (ho function of circu
lation, mid where each individual must keep a
portion to meet his daily demands. Tkis is
I so obvious, that 1 shall not undertake to illus
trate it.
Jltil the superiority of the bill over the sub- j
. stituto would not be limited only to a more
favorable proportion between specie and pa
pc. It would Imvu another important ad
vantage that cannot be well over-estimated; it
would make n practical distinction between
currency and circulation, —between the cur- 1
renev of the country, and private and local 1
1 circulation, under which head hank paper 1
j I would be comprehended. The effects would 1
be, to render a general explosion of the cir- I
culatmn almost impossible. Whatever do- i
rengements might occur, would be local and 1
confined to some one particular commercial 1
sphere; ami even within its limits, there would 1
be a sound currency to fall back on, not par- i
taking of the shock, and which would greatly
diminish the intensity and duration of the dts* t
I fro-?. In the- moan nine, the general husit t
( no- ami finances of the com.try would jn. 1
ceed, m'.',"OsL without feeling the derangement, v
I With a ,‘:>w remarks on the comparative v
! effects of tho tv.P measures on flic industry /
and business of the cC ,, **try, I shall conclude r
llicir comparison. Whtu, has been said on I
then relative effects on f ile currency, g r ' C| s l“f c
to decide the question of their relative yffeck"
on business and industry. I
I hold a sound and stable currency to he l
among the greatest encouragements to Indus- t
try and business generally ; and an unsound I
and fluctuating one, now expanding and now (
contracting, so that no honest man can tell I
1 what to do, as among the greatest disconrnge- I
inents. The dollar and the eagle arc the 1
measures of value, as the yard ami the bushel a
are of'cptanlily ; and what would wc think of .
•he incorporation of companies to regulate the
latter—to expand or contract, or shorten or
lengthen them at pleasure, with the privilege
to sell by the contracted or shortened,’and buy
by the expanded or lengthened/ It is not
seen that it would place the whole industry
and business of the country under the control ,
of such companies 1 But it would not more ,
1 certainly effect it, than a similar control pas- '
I messed by the money institutions of the conn- a
I try, over the measures of value. But Igo fur- •
j liter, and assert confidently, that the e.rciss of a
I l**pcr currency, as well as ils unsteadiness is I c
j imfavojable to toe industry and bus ness of |
1 ilte country. It raises the price of every thing j
j and consequently increases the price of pro'- 1
j duction and consumption : and is, in the end, 1 1
j hostile to every branch of industry. j c
1 hold that specie and piper have each j'
| their proper sphere ; the latter for large and 1 1
j distant transactions-, and the former for all t
I oilicrs; and that the nearer our circulation ap
proaches gold and silver, consistently with
convenience, the better Cor the industry and ‘
the business of the comtiry. The more specie |
the better, till that point, is reached. Wnen ■
attained, it would combine in the greatest !,
possible degree, so imlnoss and facility, and |
would bo favorable to the productive classes i 1
universally; I mean men of business, plan 11
ter?, merchants, and manufacturers, as well It
as operatives. It would be particularly favor- 1 ,
able to the !Sont!t. On,- great staples are i
cash articles every where; and it was well j
remarked by the Senator from Mississippi;! l
j (Mr. Walker,) at the extra session, that we 1
1 sold at cask prices and bought at paper prices
I that is, sold low and bought high. The man- •
, ufacturing, commercial and nivigating inter- - 1
ests would also feel its beneficial effects. It I
j would cheapen productions and be to maun- '
(adorers in lien of a protective tariff. Its 1
effects would be to enable them to meet for 1
j cign competition not by raising prices by ■
, high duties, but by enabling them to sell as
j clieup or cheaper than the foreigner, which
would harmonize every interest, and place !
onr manufacturers on the most solid basis. It <
is the only mode by which the foreign market i 1
can ever be commanded; and commanded it
would he, with a sound and moderately cx
paoded currency. Onr ingenuity, invention,
and industry are equal to any people; and all 1
onr manufacturers want, is a sound currency 1
and an even chance, to meet competition with |
success any where, at home or abroad. But j
with a bloat' d mid fluctuating paper circula
tion, tins will he impossible. Among its ma
ny drawbacks, it levies an enormous tax on
the community.
I have already stat ’d, that tho community'
i is estimated to Invo been indebted to tin
■ kink* $175,000,000 at ttie suspenson o( *pe
; cm paymente. Tne interest on this sum cs
1 tinuted at mx per cent, (it ought to be higher]
' would give an annual income to those institn
i lions ot upwards ot thirty millions ; and tliii
t is the sum yearly paid by the community foi
; j bank accommodations, to the excels of which
. ; we owe our bloated and unstable circulation
i i Never was a circulation so worthless, furnish
,iedat so dear a rule. How nitich of'this vast
■ , income may he considered as interest on real
; capital, it is difficult to estimate; but it would,
I I suppose, be ample to set down ton millions
i to that head, which would leave upwards of
I twenty mill.mis anno illy, as the profit* deriv
’ cd from banking privileges over and above a
I fair compensation tor the capital invested,
j which aoitio body must pay, and which must
ultimately lull on the industry and business of
, the country. Hut this enormous expansion
;of the system is not astonishing; so great is
I the stimulus applied >0 its growth. Ingenious
! then of other a goo, devoted themselves in
| vain to discover the art 6f converting the ba-
I ser metals into gold and silver; but wc have
| conferred on a portion of the community, an
j art still higher,—of converting paper to all
j intents and purposes, into the precious mctalf;
; and ought we to he surprised, that an article
| so cheap to the manufacturerfi, and so dear to
the rest of the community should he so great
ly over supplied, and without any reference
to the interest, or to the wants of the commu
nity !
It wc are to believe the Senator from Vir,
1 ginia, and others on the same side, we owe
| almost nil our improvements ar d prosperity to
I the hanking system; —and if it should fail,
the age of barbarism would ogam return. I
had supposed that the basis of our prosperity
were our free institutions ths wide spread
and (crtilc region wc occupy, and the heredi.
tury intelligence and energy of the stock, from
winch we are de mended; but it seems, that
all these go for nothing, and that the banks
arc every thing'. I make no war on (hem
All I insist on is, that the Government shall
sep r ite from them, which 1 believe to be in*
dispensable, furtive reasons I have assigned,
both now and formerly. But I cannot con.
cur in attributing to them our improvements
and prosperity. That th'ey contributed to
give a strong impulse IP industry and enter,
prise in the early stages of their operation, I
doubt not. Nothing is more stimulating than
an expanding and depreciating currency. It
creates a delusive appearance of prosperity,
which pts every thing in motion, Every
one feels as if he was growing richer, as pri.
ces rise, and that lie lias it in fits power, by
foresight and exertion, to make his fortune.
Hut it is the nature of stimulus, moral as well
as physical, to ex itc at, first, and to depress
afterwards. Tne draught, which at first cau.
scs unnatural excitement and energy is sure
to terminate in corresponding depression and
weakness; nor is it less certain that the sti.
j inuliis ot a currency, expanding beyond its
proper limits, follows the same law. We
have had the exiiileration and the depression
has succeeded. We have hid the pleasures
of getting drunk, and know experience the
pain of becoming sober. The good is gone
and the evil has succeeded; and on a fair cal
culation, the latter will be tumid to he greater
than the former. Whatever impulse the ban
king system was calculated to g ve to our im
provement and prosperity, has already been
given; and the reverse effects will hereafter
follow, unless the system should undergo gicat
and radical changes; the first step towards
which, would be the adoption of the measure
proposed by this hill.
I have Mr. President, finished what f in«
tended to say. lhave long anticipated the
present crisis, but did not expect its arrival in
my lime. When I saw its approach, I reso!.
ved lodo my duty be the consequences to me
what they might, and I offer rfiy thanks to the
Author of my being, that lie has given tile the
r solution and opportunity to discharge, what
I honestly believe to be that duty oil Ibis
great subject.
How the question w ill be decided, is ac
knowledged to be doubtful, so nearly are the
lv»j Iloilo? 8 supposed to be divided; but what
ever tna> - be its ♦ate now, I have the most per
feet confidence in I'* triumph. The
public attention is r^wed., will
be thoroughly investigated’, nuo * ’ laro !J°
fears but the side I support, will p.'ove *° be
the side of truth, justice, liberty, ci vil:x», f ion,,
and moral and intellectual excellence.
BV EXPRESS MAIL.
[VIIOM OUR COniIF.SPOXDEXT.]
Washington, March 23, 1833.
Mr. CALHOUN brought forward his long
promised reply to Mr. Webster yesterday. It
was not distinguished by the ingenuity and
ability he displayed the other day, in his reply to
Mr. day : and so far ns it professed to he an
answer to the conclusive and powciful argument
of (he Massachusetts Senator, it was a perfect
fiiilu re.
He sneeringly assigned to Mr. Webster, deep
poli ical giicf, because he (Mr. C.) refused to
co operate with the opposition when victoiy was
within their roach. That victory, said Mr. Cal
houn, would have brought in consolidation prin
ciples and policy, the Tariff, the Hank, Internal
Improvements and all. Therefore he refused to
co-opciate.
He very unjustly spoke of Mr. Clay and Mr. I
M o ister, as “ associate*,” in an as.ault upon !
him ; and complained that tho latter had mein- j
uated again, the charge of going over, afier he
had demonstrated there was no foundation (or
llio charge. He accused Mr. W. of having used
only the feeble weapons of raillery and sarcasm
because that Senator could apply no others, while
ho (Mr. C.) held in his hands the weapons of
truth and justice.
Mr. Calhoun, also, did Mr. \V eltstcr great ini
justice, in saying that he had entered on a cam.
patison between their lespoclive public charac
ters, and applauding himself, while he deprecated
Mr. C. To make out his charge ho stigmatised
that splendid hurst of eloquence, in which Mr.
Webster expressed his devotion to the whole
Union, as mere self laudations, an ebullition of
self sufficiency. He wont further, however, and
declared Mr. W. was entirely sectional in his
feelings, and especially was opposed to the in
terests of the South. He contrasted with their
want of expansive patriotism, his own liberality
to the people of the North, and his assiduous
attention to the interests of tho whole country.
He then intimated that a com parison of the
courses they had respectively pursued, with
reference, to.the War would not be complimentary
(o the Senator from Mass., but he would forbear
to look upon that subject.
Mr WEBSTER instantly rove and expressed
le 'hu hope that the Senator fiom Carolina
■' would go on.
V Mr CALHOUN declined, however, and beg
ged not to lx) interrupted !
' After these personal ties were got through with,
<r Mr Calhoun undertook to answer the arguments
h of Mr Webster in respect to the reachability of
*• Banknotes, and the power and obligation of the
General Government to take care of the currency
j and the tendency of the Government paper
I, Which he proposed to issue to produce centraliza*
» (ion. But he did not abate one of that gentle
s man's positions. Mr Calhoun made some very
important admissions in respect to the two hist of
these points. Ho confessed he had somewhat
I modilied It s views in relation to receiving Bank
f paper, and the power of Congress OVdr the cur
-1 rency. During the time he had expressed opinion*
j different from those he now maintained, he was l
in office, and was more occupied in defending the
. iVew Administration then in oxaming principles.
; His departure from any course he may have
1 pursued at that lime was in favour of liberty—
* not against it.
| Mr WEBSTER replied with great spirit and
i promptness. He declared that if Mr Calhoun
■ had confined himself to a reply in the legitimate
■ sense of the term, he would have added but a
word, but that Senator had gone int 6 other mat
ters, merely personal, of no importance to the
, public, though highly interesting to his own
character, and these Mr Webster would notice,
lie defended his character in regard to the war.
Ho asked Mr'Calhoun if he (Mr Wjl opposed
the war 7 he had nothing to do with the declara
tion. He was not in Congress, he was engaged
in the duties of his profession. He challenged
Mr Cto bring forward his reserved copy. As to
the embargo also, what had he to do with that.—•
Nothing ! he was not in public life at the time.—
After the declaration of war he came into Con
gress ; and from that time, there was not, he
maintained, a single instance in which he gave
a vote which the Senator from S C could adduce
as indicative of any want of patriotism. He .
defied him to the trial.
In truth added, Mr Webster, the gentleman's
patriotism, and my alledgcd want of patriotism,
ran very much at that time in the same channel.
They had agreed as to the Navy—the importance
of strengthening that arm of the national defence.
They had agreed as to the bant nf Mr Dallas;
they had agreed as to c'onsli'Uliohal questions.
Mr Webster declared that there was not a
single principle or opinion now held by him,
which was not maintained by Mr Calhoun from
his entrance on public life down to the year 1824.
Mr W. then repeated and enforced his former j
arguments on'the constitutional questions involv
ed; and concluded by declaring his determination
df Mr Cdlhbert to strike out the 23d fMr Cal
houn's) section.
Mr WALE has the floor for tomorrow.
The House was engaged during the whole
day iMlh the General Appropriation Bill.
M.
CHRONICLE AND SBNITNEL,
AfIiJtSTA.
Tuesday itloruing, March 27.
in the notice yesterday of the meeting of the
Delegates to the Convention and the Urimrtdttee
of Arrangements, tl was stated erroneously that
the Convention was to be held on the first Mon
day in May ;it should have bebn April. We
perceive the siStrte error In tlio People’s Pfess 61
ycstetdajr evening.
(£j* Dr Collyer lectures this evening for the
benefit of the Augusta Benevolent Society. See
his advertisfcmcnt in the paper.
By a leitct received at New York on the 22d
insl. we learn the loss of the ship Ruthelias,
by lightening’, which sailed from New Orleans on
•be 30lhDcc. bound to Liverpool.
The Neptune.
„„ , r i Deraid of the 22d inst,, says,
I he New York . ~
.... , . ~ , , 'he safely of the JNep.
“Much anxiety is felt for , . , , T ~,
I . n . • n . left Norfolk,
tunc, Captain Pennoyer, whtci. ,
(V» Jon Friday, for this port. In her .
trips between this city and Charleston, she ha.
put into Norfolk both outwards and homeward*.
| She must have been caught in the terrible gale of
Saturday, and the apprehension now is, how and
j where she weathered it.
Since writing the foregoing, we learn that the
Neptune was seen on Monday, putting back in
to Norfolk, with the loss of a chimney, after ha
ving rode out the gale."
Spring Prospects.
The same paper says “The city is filling with
strangers, and the hotels arc reviving from the
; dullness of the winter. Upwards of four bundled
; arrivals are noted on Gilpin’s books yesterday—
principally country merchants and dealers; and
we have no doubt we shall have a fine spring
trade. The early opening *f the river is propi
tious. and all concurs to inspire confidence in the
! elasticity of trade, and the energy of our commer
cial classes.
We perceive by the N. Y. Slips that the Hud.
son river is open the whole distance, and lliatthc.
boats have commenced their regular trips. /
hit. Jaiidon. /
“The N, Y. Courier and Enquirer of/" e 371 h
iust. says:—We have been favored wj/m ill* fol
lowing extract of a letter from a aenlleuan in
London to a friend in this city : / A
“It is in contemplation to lotgf in Snglun
joint stock association, at the "ead of whichJFtll j
preside Mr. Jaudon, the U. S. Jeank,
with which it will be connectiryT The i
objects of this association will he of
foreign loans, the corfevtion of on stocks
in the United S'-idOs, advances and
dealing in exchanges. The will be £‘i,.
000,000, to in shares fluilar to
stock banking associations at>resent in operation
in Euglaiw.” J
/ IVewHampslrfe Flection. M
WoAave nothing dofidtc as to the e». t rcg .
uh toi Governor. Is*-: Hill is no douMy re-elec-
hy from 2SOU IpoiOOO votes. In to
!<fhc Legislature, lit- Boston Daily has
• the following: I
i “ There are twelve Senatorial DUlricie. In
I District No. I, 6,7. 9. 10 and probably 11, the
Whig candidates are elected. In the other six
Dietiictu the Van Buren candidates are probably
chosen. John Prentiss, Esq. of Keene, conics in
by the largest majority, in No. 9.
tl The political character of the mcniberrf of
: I (he House is not exactly known. Tho Concord
Statesman, however, says that it is quite certain
that a majority ore Whigs.
A Meeting in Scriveu County.
At a meeting of a portion of the citizens of
iScriven County, assemble] without respect to
! political party, to take into consideration the
'propriety of appointing delegates to represent the
interests of tlio county in the Convention to as
semble in Augusta on the Ist Monday in April
next; Elijah Roberts, k Esq. was called to the
Chair, and John Robb Kettles, Esq. appointed
Secretary.
The Chairman having explained, Ri an appro
priate manner, the object oi the meeting; Wil
liani Green, Esq. offered the following Resolu
tions ;
Resolved, That we highly appreciate the mo
tive and object of the proposed Convention to be
held in Augusta on the Ist Monday in Apri'
next —and deeming it important that we should
ho tepresented in said Convention, we will
there fore proceed to appoint three Delegates for
that purpose.
Resolved, That the Chairman appoint said
Delegation, and that any vacancy which may
occur therein, be supplied by the Delegates them
selves.
Whereupon, the Chair appoint*] the follow
ing gentlemen to represent the people of Seri
ven County, in accordance wish the above reso
lutions.
Col A S Jones, Rev P L Wade, and Edward
J Black, Er-qrs.
On motion, it was resolved tbAt these pfoceed
lugs be signed by the President and Secretary,
ainl be published in the Augusta papers.
ELIJAH ROBERTS.
John Robert Kittles, Secretary.
March 24, 1838.
[pon THE CIIIIONICLE ANII SENTINEL.]
The Hanks.
We h-ar not a little about a pressure that is
beginning to be felt iii this city, and not a few of
us have sensible evidence of it. The cause of it
is] on the lip of every one ; viz. that the Dai,;.a
it lose their usual accommodations. Will some
one who is initiated into tho mysteries of tlieae
institutions, he good enough to iniform the why
it is, that the Banks have refused to discount 1
To theih, the people have been extremely kind
and indulgent; and they surely may respectfully
enquire, why the Banks arc indisposed at this
lime to reciprocate the favor. We believe that
ho satisfactory reason can he assigned for it.—
What inducement there cdh be to Batiks who
do not pay specie to withhold their common fa
vors to responsible persons, it is beyond the pow
ers of my intellect to divine. Unexplained, it looks
to me like wanton trilling with the interests of
1 the community—a community that H(is higher
claims to the gratitude, than the severities of the
Banks. If the Banks persist in the rigorous
course that they arc how pursuing, accumulating
disasters must come upon tho people; when they
come, let riot the people bo gulled with the cry
that the pressure is caused by tho tinkering of
the General Government With the currency, the
want of a United Slates Bank, the sub-Treasury
i or any of ihe old worn out stories; but let them
I ; ascribe it to the true cause, the unaccommodating
j spirit of our own local institutions—a cause that
| every man now admits, when (ho cause and the
effect are within a half’s breadth of each other.
JUSTICE.
[communicated.]
Mu. Jones: —ln your paper of Saturday mors
1 ning, under the head of •* Curiosities of Litcra
-1 ture,” you give a copy verbatim et literatim of
an advertisement found by a gentleman travelling
in the West. Enclosed I send you the original
ot one posted up in Oglethorpe County in this
Stale, vVhich I have kept as a “ Curiosity,” fur
several years past, and which i hope you wist
’ publish also. You suggest that the writer of the
one published must have been a jestis of the
•>eacc —please inform us what kind of a function
's tho author of the enclosed.
arVW “' ORTHOGRAPHY.
, . „ '"dess lie was a candidate for
(We’ cant toll b- , .
T ,.-'n s Administration
Post Master under
a mar goto NotiAW» rch
10 183
■ luce in Woshinlon on Chu'stD3 xhe 4 VVithc
aslarand snipe in Hur sac ea £,orei mar one
Hur bin d feet White ruf ShoD Bcil'rc out
four feeto 10 highte six yeres old cne.y emphey
millions or Deliver*'!) to me will BeliberWoi’il
DerD J \
; Ogel tharpe
/ Joseph DraOG coun'u'
| liven nerjdounteline metin house
J’ehruiiry.
All S N o
\\\W.' ]' i l^ i 1 1 f■ i i ■ ■ 11
I y* e y* ® of materials have
Reared fur theH£ velvet fed vt . lveli al)d M .
arc almost one* adopted. Hats have
not varied YVe observe that those which
have the inM [r 0 f brim trimmed with flow*
era only^^ re not m)W so generally adopted as
thoscfi^h ame „ le j an intermixture of blond
flowers. Wo sec also a good many hats,
Pjwirularly b/ack velvet ones, ornamented with
J#rds of Paradise of tho natural colors.
fj MantlEs.— yl’ho manteau ala Czarina is tha
j only novelty /the month; it is composed of sa
tin, either black or colored; in some instances it
is liiiedytufth fur; the trimming, which is the
principal/ novelty, consists of a very broad band
PI, cut in irregular points, and circled with
he sleeves are of the dcmi-large kind,
pelerine very large, and pointed; both
med to correspond with the round of the
Pull Duess Robes.— The formes are deci
deilly those of the declines of the seventeenth
century, with some modifications, which are moro
or less becoming. Sleeves have varied little—
We must, however, notice a very pretty and bo
coming sleeve which has just appeared- it forms
a sort of juste milieu between the velvet and the
amadis by means of four bouillons varying in
size.
Fancy black is much in favor (his winter; it
mingles in toilettes of all descriptions, and.-when
.i I
it is impossible £to make it mj important accessa
ry, a velvet ribbon is worn round the throat, fast
ened in front by a largo diamond or any other
precious stone. A style of fancy black much
in vogue in evening dress is a black blond laca
robe, open in front, and worn over an under
dress of while, pink, blue, or rose colored satin.
Knots of satin ribbon, with two floating ends suf
ficiently long 1 1 reach from one knotlo another,
retain the skirt of the lace robe on each side; the
knots are always the color of the under dress.
UaLX-D mss Materials,—Crape, tulle, and
various kinds of gauze; in particular, grenadine
gauze of the very richest kind; also, satin striped
gauze and gauzes spotted and figured in colors of
gold and in may add, also, liionde
lacc, both black and while. The colors adopted
iti bull dress are always light,—blue, rose, apple
green, and lilac, but above all all, w hite.
Jewelbt.—A lizard has become very much
in vogue for dill'erenl uses; it is employed for tho
hair, for bracelets, and for agraffes or robes.—
We see also several round bracelet of or bruni.
Colors a la Mods.— Rich full hues, or very
dark ones, as ruby, beet red, maize, violet, dark
shades of grey and black; are adapted for carriage
and half dress, but light hues continue most
preva’ent in evening costume.— IVm.it of Fa
shion.
alTm n Intel licence.
CH UiLEaTON, Marcli 26.—Arrived on Saturday,
Lin • ship Calhoun. O’Neill, New York; Kchr. > eiocityl
K.vLy, New York, Sciir. Franklin, 8t in£, Hiack e rett;
Arrived yesterday, tlnp iVjcdoru, iiubb, Liverpool;
sailed 3-st Jan.
Glean, d, brig Hunter, Bouncy, Mutnnzas.
Went to seu on {Saturday, Schr. fLr.th Miller, Rubier.
Philnd iphia.
Went so s.-a yesterday, Schr. Allure, Qomcz, St,
Johns, (K F*J Schr. V\ aslimgton, iMilier, Garey’s Feriy;
Schr. Empire, Suuthwick, St. AuguniiK .
-V- AVI! mi Mainamutilft
MAIIRIED - ----r
On Tuesday evening last, by the Rev Mr Ar<
dis, Mr Madison Cox, o' Beach Island,to Mis.
Ann, daughter of Mr William Frazer, ol this
city'.
mill)
At his residence in Richmond County, on the
18ih inat. Lewis BnkiNT, in the 45th year of
his ngo, and Ibrmetly of Burke County.
Undies’ Working (Society.
(ryTho “Ladies Working Society of the Pres
hyteiian Church hi Augusta,” will hold a Fair
at the Masonic Halt, bn Tuesday, the 3d dav of
April next, when a number of useful and fashion
ble articles of their own roanufactuie will he
exhibited for sale.
The Society was formed for the purpose of
general benevolence, as may be perceived by the
following extract from its Constitution :
“The object of this Society shall be, to afford
relief to the sick poor of the city of Augusta, and
its immediate vicinity; and to promote as far as A
practicable, the education, morals and physical *
comfort of indigent children within the same
limits, especially by co operating with the Board
of Directors of the \ugusia Free School, in sus
taining and carrying forward such plans for tlio
improvement of the Female Department of said
school as they may deem expedient, and proper
to adopt.”
The purpose of the Society being to do good I
to the sick, the suffering and the helpless, who, I
in their immediate vicinity may need their assii- I
lance, they have little doubt that their object will I,
so commend itself to the community, as to secure I
to their efforts a liberal patronage, especially as I
in the pleasant trade it invites; both buyer ami I
seller are co-operating in the important cause of I
benevolence. March 8. I
(XD* We are authorised to say that Win. W, I
HOLT will not be a candidate at the approach- I
mg election for member of Council, ■
(Xy Dr. RObEKTSON declines being a can- I
didate for a seal in the next Council. B
Mr Junks —Please announce the following HI
gentlemen as candidates for Council in Ward K
No. 4. H
ANDREW J.MILLER. VI
L. P. DUGAS. ill
C. B. HITT, 1/
Please announce the following, ticket fcf'wi'
Members of Council for ward No. 3. sr
T. RICHARDS, I
A. G. BULL, fM
W. G.NIMMO, |
Mn. Jones —Please announce the follnwiiiMj®
gentlemen as candidates for Council in VVanHK;
No. pi
A. J. MILLER, H|
L. P. DUGAS, ■
C. B. HITT. f
Mir Jones— Please announce the Wlowinß'
gentlemen as candidates for members of Cpuntißß|
. for Ward No. 2, at the approaching election ■' F
B. H. WARREN, »
ROBERT BARBER, <
S. M. THOMPSON. 1
(Xj* Mr Editor—Please insert the followßh
. ticket for Aldermen, for the 2d Ward, and
Manx Vothi'Bß
B H WARREN,-) §1
A CUM MING, p Aldermen, -Bpl
i JOHN BONES. > . rWX\
. 1 Mr. Jones : Please insert the following IibHHB
for Mayor and Alderman for the 4lh
oblige Manx Votii'B '*>
Fon.MAToi. V ■/'
t > . SAMtlfiL HALE. v, *
/' Foil Members or Council. apt
/ C. B. HITT, Bi
L. P. DUGAS, B'
* JOHN HILL. J,
jMii. Jones —Please announce the
i «erfiHernen as candidate for Mayor an,l mwß
rtl"ktunir'l—members to represent Ward,-^B*
’ Manx Voir*
FOR MATO It,
SAMUEL HALE.
FOR MF.MnERS OF COUNCIL, t
I W. W HOLT.
THOMAS RICHARDS, Sf
ISAAC MOISE. 1
. will please announce tbr^B
■ candidates for
4, uMbe en^elec*
CHAS. B. Hir’F,
JOHN HILL,
fljb The following gcnllemen
ported for members of Council for Ware ‘
by Manx Voxir «,
B. B. KIRTLAND,
F. H. COOK,
A. G. BULL.
Please announce the following gent ten®
Candidates for Ward No. 3, at the appf
Election in April next. I
B. W. FORCE,
THOMAS RICHARDS,
B. B. KIRTLAND. ;
(Xj" The following gentlemen will
members of Council in Word No. l,il cl 9Et
on the first Monday in April next:
PHILIP CRUMP, |i
R. F, BUSH, K
MITCHELL NELSON. ■ I
Mr. Jones, wo should be gratified le .
sented in Council by the following gcntle^'^B
A. GUMMING, ■ t
MARTIN M. DYE, IS ,
JOHN BONES, IB i
and hope they will suffer their names (J«
nOunced as candidatesatthe appioachiciUßß
Many Voters of 2d
Mr. Jones—Please announce the a
gentlemen as candidates for Council > f
Ward at the approaching election in VBB t
GAREY F. PARISH, 5 *
PHILIP CRUMP, U
WILLIAM E. JACKSON M