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I’rom the Lite ol a GrtrC
NO. V.
"Lei tin' porhsans u; tin' 'mod h- '* ! ll;lV
• liver dollars in thar ] 0.-l.e, ,inl la ■ I• a I "
gle on Ilia hostings, uii'.l ill vn ■ ’O’ M ecrum
literge M'DuJJie.
Header, did you ever perue tno third c!jajiti
of tliu Hook oi Daniels 11 you have <• •■ ■ * turn
lo it: if you have, you cannm have forgot:, n the
three Uebrexos, who wo.a i ;t into :lie lirnoe.
and in remembering them and the cause o( their |
condemnation, you will noi tail to recur to our
ratine instructed representatives. The Sh nalm,
i regjid os standing apart—ami u pi>'.(voting as
he does, a j;rettt eonsei valtv c i*.until ot liberty, (tire
disconnection ol the purse ruin Iho *wor ' / in
op|io«ition to a parly who advocate then union,
without limit and without lesp m-ihildv, in ihe
cuitody of executive agent*; 1 dull ho much do
•ceiied if he fail to hdlow out the pihpuplc, in all
its boa ring*, hefore 1 y the lapse nl .ime Inn high
•trust ah ill revert to the cm.-litui'iils who ie.cried
it.
The Representatives, however, occupy a d.ll r
cut position. Destined, os they are, lo pass the
ordeal bcfoie their return, il remain* for the conn
try 1.0 say whether they will smell in the Clcreue
'liy them of their conceded right id “inch pel.di nt
judgment,” or pronouncou tculooeo ol condem
nation, which ahu I caul them into the the, after
having, through tilth U vidature, declined to in
leipore between thc-.i and their dclili: mle and
conscientious conviction*. In a word, iho rpie
lion is whether their cimsiiiuents will rcniniu
•iteadfaet to the faith unlcinnly pledg. d to these
gentlemen in December, by the fatale, or whether |
they will revoke and annul their minim vows,
and in doing so, betorr.o the dehti cd in crumpn ls
of publishing lb lbs vvoild their own mo t igno
millions irharnc. lint to recur lo tint Hebrews.
The tioiy of DuhylunUh captivity i« familiar, and '
tl will he remembered that the tyrant of that day
ert up hiu "gulden image” in the plain, and com.
rnanded the despised lluhrewu lo how down and
worship it, in violation id their conscience , ami
against the moat sacred principles id their faith.
It is, with a mere dilfetoncs of chronology. Ihe
•case of tbcw • rofiactoiy repicscnlatives,” the
term of opprobrium, which many luui chn. cn lo
confer upon them. If h.r Nchuchadiic/./.rr, you
substitute Martin Van Ilmen, and lor iho He
brews, you substitute lh.ee sons of Carolina,
railed up to do homage In this idol <J gold,
against their consciences and against ilnar must
enlightened and deliberate convictions, 1 challenge ,
human ingenuity to discover a dilference. Yes,
fellow citizens, this image is raised, with Thomas i
il, Denton, as the high priest, to picside at ils
consecration, and iViete men are to he immolated;
for (ho treason of having an understanding w hich j
assured them that it was riot "the true Gull,” and
a conscience which forbade ihoin lo worship it |
against their convictions. And all this is propo- I
seJ for whall For nothing oho dial 1 can per- |
coivo, unless it be to propitiate the savUlt tool, j
who professes upon this, his "livorilc almn 111,r
lion,” "lo follow in the footsteps ol his illustrious .
jnedeccssor.” Yes, leader, this "abomination ol 1
desolations,” lam piepnrc.l lo show, is nothing I
oho hut uu elaboration into detail ol "a nulionii! j
■hank, founded upon the credit of the government 1
and its revenues,” suggested m his message, at
Iho opening of the twenty first Gotigre.s, hy that
man who was thou the Ihesident ol (he United
■States, “not by the grace of (.hid,” Andrew Jack,
son!
Header, start not! Though the wolf and the
jteka 1 ho afield, the Hull m ill rest: ! Intsl mill
believe Jure vee, Vra, the spell is broken. What ,
VVi kcs said during the progress of l.md Oeorgo |
Gordon's mob in t therein o lo himself, might with j
truth be applied to the once omiiipoior.t inmate |
ot ’ho Hermitage; he is "a volcano burnt out 1 ' j 1
Hut “the witch ol Vesuvius" is abroad, Stirling [ 1
up the embers, nud preparing a hurst which ahull >
not only fill With scoria the gorges and crevasses *
of the mountain, hut cover tins devusled land 1
with the cinders. I regret, deeply regret, that 1
Mr. Calhoun should ho found participating in this j 1
n e—hut so il Is.
Uni Us return to Andrew J.icktcn, ami his !
Dank, “founded upon il.e credit ol iho govern,
incut and ils revenues.” ‘ln iho spiiit of im- '
provtment and compromise, (says Gen. Jackson) 1
which distinguishes our country and ils insula ■
lions, il hocomcs us to impure whether il is not 1-
possible to secure the advantages afforded hy th j 1
present hank, through the agency id a 11 ink ol
the United Slates, so modified in Us principles';
and structure, as to obuato constitutional and
other objections,’' "Under theso eircuiu lam e.. i
(he says in his annual inussuga al the opening ul
■the twenty first Congress,) >1 such un institution j
is deemed .essential to live ti-cal upcralions ot the
government, I submit lo the wisdom ol ihe I.og- \
aslaluro whether a national one, founded rr/i-oij
•the credit us the government mill it* revenues,
might not ho devise.l,” iV tan any other Intel
ligihle solution ho given ul Mr. t’.illioci. s indo- ;
pendent Treasury, a Treasury which ho tolls us
•in lua speech of the I«lh September, in IS.J7. is
to issue under its authority, "lulls, notes, or pa
per,” which, logo her with the "legal currency,
(and which I have no doubt are intended to cu
perse ie it ) arc alone lo ho received in tines to
iho government; 1 say, can any olhci intelligible 1
solution ho iOn deled C 1 it. than that it is a h,i,tk'
(not only upon the honest m del e, I 1 '*’ hank ol
Amsterdam, which he » > muclt lauds hut a hand
of issues.) in the language of Andrew' Jo L“iu,
“upon ihe credit of the government mid its rove-
Hues!” What are these "hills,” spoken ot, hut
lulls of credi ; what these "notes’ hut regular
Treasury notes, if iho occasion d murids; arid
■whmlthis paper hut his "nncoineiiihlo govern
ment paper, Ins "improved proe ; and what is a
Treasury forcing into circulation, (by iho inter
diction and expulsion of pii«nio credits) "hills,”
and "notes,” and “paper,” hut n bank of issues,
literally upon “iho cred.: • f the government unit
ils revenues?” And if so, wh »l else is it, hut
the "improvement” ol Audivw Jackson, carried
into detail! It is understood that Mr. Shiuth Khoit
is both a ready and an elfoclive wliter, and if ho
bo compoienl to the task lot him show the contra
ry; or perhaps it would please Col. Davie (the
leader ol tlie parly,) or the gnat untntnher him
self might stoop lima his ford era, to suggest a
difference! Doubtless it would be a very conve.
nieiit time, ju t now, to show himself disconnec
led iron ihe enrrevtor by showing tint Ins plan
did ant renespond wiih the "impioved” “unhan
kiug’ macln.io of "the illustrious predecessor” in
whoso lootsteps no doubt, it is glory enough U>
.follow. 1.0 l one of the party daro lo come out
and show that Mr. Calhoun dllleis liom Gouetal
Jackson: if they do not wish lo Icel the uncom
fortable solitude ot then po-ilion, they no doubt
will, in the exercise ol a most salutary discretion,
hold oil their hands from this topic. And men
of the stale rights parly, where has your fn. te
man carried you! Certainly where not one bl
you would ever have die'anted of going but for
his lead. When George McDuffie, wnh an ho
nesty which has yet lo ho tor ihe fiist lime even
suspected, and with an ability which would
shame iho sophistic.! cd nonsense of the school
of Kant in politics, denounced in his speech, this
most pernicious recommendation as inJicmi.ig a
design “lo establish a government Dank in some
form, to be use I as a m,whine nt puftieol /■ ..-
when, in his report made so far hack us 1 -.'.1, he
said of ibis identical pioj I, “that hi the most
desperate financial extremities, no European go
vermnonl (but the dcs(>o!n.m of Russia) has ever
•eniuieJ upon un experiment so perilous;” when
lie said of it. that ‘it llm wh..:. p,.nonage of iho
Kugheb monarchy were coma ir run d in llm hands
of the American e.\ei ulive. n may lu- doubted,
whelhgr the public hi iv wnul.l l*e so run' li en
liapl'rcd hy il, Qs it would 1 > :m< vast peenn.o- v
* **,» .
f- . .
■ hi i, f which would ( ! i' «iu ts« bauds of i. ci)
..dlliiiiiilr.ili.in fif.y Mliiiuiw ot J■ i' I.;r, M a land
tor icii aidii: political paitizans.” Aye, when
I he thin, ■i D fan! and will i,ti l.y ii mm v. ha
is in mi'i'li iilhho Ilia cotemparanei in his scorn ot
(ioliiii .il llcxibility mol atliJr (a. it i.-i termed )
J had ulio • • ■ 0.1, ,i.i t;.im wa ■, superior t , Catu
lint;, or to Wire*, (iiinl who 1 , nly forbear to
■ 1 cult (.1 a-) he Human of the age, ln r.ni.su ll.r
lain utlfoiUiiialri i(o;.|tc:ilioii cl tho term ha- ren
il<;ro«l it uu «-pillivl ol ignominy,) whom were the
followers ol Jtamm'jii lo espume the prnjc I unil
to rncinnmri.J it to the people! fcrudnly r.ol
w ithin iho houndaiits ol' Month Carolina; and il
Mr. M’Dullia Were Mr. Calhoun’.; colleague no.v,
(mid in (toying so I in end no ilt-parngenii nl to
tho incurehunt, who is only powedess t.r good,
horn popular cl.unoi and tienuritintiici) n > m man
tling at he Jo aaiitlevn will the confidence of
, tins ■ti ide, think you that till these
schemes (nr nnha king would ever have met the
1 light! Or it they hud, that they would have hid
, tnu undivided cane lion ol tins bTite! Oh no—a
1 luindred thousand such its tho liMlc Uter.ziea nr
i Musstniello.s of u popular tumult, would have
. It on impotent lo have carried resolutions In line
( tho l.rgidu: tin: to denounce him, or instinct him,
m even irtjurst him lo change hie npiition.
And wlml Hiy.i Mr. M’JJoflie ol’ tiio “legal
j currency, ’ol tine jnditntul A1 ulti■*, to liih elab
oration ol Jaclisoti’a ‘improved’ plan lor holler
inn (ur lalitor, by analogy, Cor un-boiicnog)
lint currency, hy ‘utii-banking (ho hanks!’
VVlmt tn.ti itu ol iltc Ittr (atiieil ‘opccii; provls*
ton,’of ibo scheme*, which lint Legislature
| were mi anxious to gulp down ut, llitdr late
!Mt hion illul in tho hurry of their excited nu
| genie.ss, they omitted it m the suost.tuto olier
i oti by lli.it d stiuguisheJ parliamentarian, P.
W. I);v i.' Whatisayrt Mr, M’Duftiu ofilin
i dirty IJoiiluiiian humbug? You slta.ll see.
‘A third geiitleitiiari, (Mty.-t lie) np< tiking still
! more authoritatively the to tlitnei.is of tin; ad
iniilißtiiitjon Inis uintised tho country with a
I homily, more in tho spirit of poetl*y i!; ; tu ol
piaoiical sliitesiriiiMßlii)), in favor of tho beau
| ideal oi'u bad money government; a pchumo,
just as practicable ns it would bo to roll back
the current of time, and carry hack Hit- pres
out generation, with nil Us tnlereafu anti im
provements, to tho golden age ol fabulous an
tiquity,’
‘I am now conaira tied (o believe (be pro.-
cccds.) that with all the ligltiH of reason uml
experience, and the political improvements of
I our country, wo are still iho idolatrous mid
| predestined victims of imposture. Before that
tied, to whom I am responsible lor what 1
say here, I do believe that the annala ol Inis '
man idolatry and delusion cannot furnish an
example of a more impudent, audacious and
monstrous imposture, Ilian lliat which this ud
ministration is attempting, and 1 fear with 1
too much success, to palm upon tho people ol
the United •Stales, under the flimsy and de!u- 1
fcivo guide of returning to the primitive aimpli- ;
cily of a hard money government. Nothing 1
that 1 have read, amongst all Hie superst.lions I
of Hie world, transcends ns monstrous auda- 1
j city. A hard money government ! From 1
what quarter is it to conic 1 And in what
manner is it to begin ! It is to come from 1
the hind which is already overshadowed hy
the safely fund system, of converting com
mercial banks into political machines! Under
such auspices it very naturally commences,
by establishing a more paper system, wholly
unconnected mill specie, hy wav of going
back lo n hard money government !’ ‘lt is a 1
contest between Jackson money and Bank f
money! hard money and paper money! Lot !
(ho part zans of the administration put a few ;
silver dollars in ihoir pockoi; and rnuko them 1
giugle rm the hbstings, and the victory is cer- 1
tain'! Jackson money! Will any gentleman 1
inform me how much Jackson money now 1
ein nl il.es in New York ! Or is Jacks m mo- 1
ney like Jackson democracy, one thine in New *
York uml another in Virginia ! Pray, what is
Now York Jackson mono} }< *
And pray, allow me to ask, wlnU is South 11
Carolina Cadioun money! 1 Is it Ucntonmoney, 1
or is it lijveriun nl thin plasters-, as he ex pres- 13
srd il in die (Jonmiutee of iho Whole, on the 1
‘J'.Mul April, 1816, ‘cl such convenient deno.
imitations ns the ‘secretary of the Treasury '
should direct Yes, vender, here is an aasor- 1
led supply of sizes lo suit the taste or conve- 1
niencc of customers, of litis ‘improved and re i
improved government proo. This is not only
‘the heller,Mint absolutely the best currency.
1 have before me, stamped upon parchment,
‘ about four inches long - , and one and a half
! broad, a French Assignat for 5 sous ! In the
| days ol J antis the 10. h, ihcy had not attained
j the perfection in engraving on copper that it
has since reached, or I pre.mine the lineaments
! of the unfortunate King would have furnished
; a conspicuous frontispiece to ibis most respec.
; table specimen ol government issues! And if
■ so, why should not the heads of the great and
| the little magician, the twin progeny of ibis
1 golden egg be put L ick to back like the faces
i of J .tins on the medal, and thus coupled, be
t lransu.itled lo at it ages on this; - promises lo
ho recciv ed, in the stead of the figures of dags
i and chicken cocks on j cent bills! They
may he, as Durkee says on his tickets, in Hhi.
i '■ : tin, good for- a ride—or as I; ni, ills
neighbor, s Upon his, good tor a shave; but
; i il uu .',,, very much wl.Mhcr they ever would
he goo 1 for more, They will no ud;:)' 1 be good
j for whatevcr die governinO.'d "‘ill reccti'C*
them, (always good for a share, while they ro
! main depreciated.;) but as it nciih r pays nor
, promises to pay any thing under the ‘improv
| ed’ currency, it would he good for nothing for
| that purpose 1
|j But to return (o Mr. McDuffie, on the‘spe
cie f ailure. ’ ‘I do most solemnly believe,
(says that great and honest statesman} that if
the administration shall succeed in their pro
ject, tor combining the banking with the pohti
' | cat power (which, in our day,' is called the di
vorce of the Government from Hanks and ban- 1
king operations,) they ill establish a collossal
despotism without any parallel in history, and
| wielding an clement of political power tin
known to any oher age or country. Sir, it i.
not the first lime in tho history of human idol
■ - ‘'.'A when the horrid features of a foul and
unnatural monster of imposture have been con
c . .tied Item the e\ es ol 1 lis deluded followers,
by a silver veil. Mav the honest devotees of a
hard money eurreury, the ‘working men’s so
ciety,’and all others who are opposed lo the
banking system, upon whatever principles,
take warning from the example of these vol
■ notary victims of a daring imposture and avoid
1 their fate 1 sir, il never lias been the inten
tion ol this administration to return to a specie
t •Currency. From the vciy first message of the
t present Chief Magistrate, until the present
moment, there has been a deliberate design
i on the part ot those who have written hismes
1 -ages, to establish a Government Bank in some
1 form, to be used as a machine of political pow
- er. 1 could establish this before any impartial
a Jury in the country, by a chain oV evidence
strong and conclusive.’
‘When the Bank of the United States shall
l ' be desToycd, iltc country will be thrown into
1 such derangement and confusion that the
country will be prepared lo submit to am Va
-1 tional Bank, rather than endure the prevail
-1 ! ing evil. Then the administration will come
! f * .yard in that ‘spirit of improvement,’ of
' which the President speaks, with their grand
■ scheme ol a ‘political bank, formed upon the
check and balances of the government.’
A the lime we are reading, this is hi story—
I J
31 'illicit was &i»okei>, it v, *j li il- ,h“ of
prophesy. Bui' i proceed.
“ I’bfe l - t ii|» Baals. ;;s no r :-irtiut«?nt o! she
! ' : nndUmcurrency, is -jurptv., dby so
iiiHMUU on iu the world. No nation of equal
fit, l:ai tu.iii a currency u* it 1 i- ii ■,.
I ii? inevitable revolt of destroy:; g, it, is to
on> ne ilio i;.vn'>li»lini- , ut of a tec ral ral'ety
•t'l-d iof State Ranks, under a political
i organ /.at ion ( hrott gh which we have | aued,)
or a grand po Meal bank (to winch wo arc ap
proaching,) placing the whole la iking inter
cut und money power of the country under the
supervision and control ol'pohuciniM, uiei tins
is the model ho d up to our admiration by those
who are p;caching ino.- t excellent political sor
, inoiiß in luvor of no exclusive specie cur
rency I"
I lint to (u ni;, oil- -"The Rank of the United
i S'ales (-ays Air. M'DiilUe) now enipN yj Jixt
\ hundred agents, in the various parts ot the
i urn ni, where its oHi-;< s ■-.reestablished. From
• this lac I, ro m: idea may ho formed of the very
i ;t at addition which would be mnl-i lo the
: f nliona.i'u of the executive goiernmenl, by the
i Ktablisliinciit of the one under consideration;”
Vi h reader, • »>me idea,” some very faint idea.
It the patriot .Statesman, had had before him
ut lliu time, when he was writing the above
iis 1 now have, the hill ol .Senator WiiglP, of
II sections providing for the erection of lire
proof buildings and vaults, with iron chests,
in alt the States of the union, to contain ilieir
precious deposit, and for receivers general, re
ceivers, collectors, surveyors, receivers ot the
min', I’osl Oliico collectors and receivers ex
aminers of accounts, agents for facilitating
dishursevient and transmissions from one place
to another, with clerks to correspond lo this
immense outline of a lisca! deportment, where
would h ive been the measure of his iiid'gnu
turn and astonishment? lie saw the thing,
hut “as through u glass, darkly” hud IhoatYa/red
Truth broken in upon him as it hasbeen since
revealed, lie would I ave crushed the eggs of
'he serpent under hits iron heel,before he took
liis leave of the counsels of tho country. God
grant that lie nia}' yet return lo aid in the es-
Ulliehmciu of the’cu;'f ! 'nol principle of free
dom for which lie ever coni'i.'imV'f 'hat the
purse of the people shall remain in Uu> cuslo.
dy of the agents ol the people ; instead by be
ing confided lo the hands of the hirelings of
creature, himself created and dependant upon
executive will exclusively.'
Reader, scan the profile of this measure, re
ceivers—selectors—surveyors, and receivers
of the mint, without number; agents to facile
tato di.: bunsemout and transmission ad Libalurn
with clerks in propoition—added lo which, we
must include Land Office receivers, agents and
clerks, now in arrears $1,900,0f,'(), und Post
Masters and agents of that department, innu
merable, with holding from the Government
SI,OIXIOO0 —und we have the vast a.nd sha
dowy outline ofexeculive patronage, thus pro
posed to be augmented and capable of infinite
expansion, to suite flic ends of the adminis
tration !
“ As when the potent tod,
OT Amram’s son in Egypt’s evil day
Waved round the coast up-called a pitchy cloud
Os l ocusts worpmg oa the Eastern wind,
I hat o’or the realm ol impious Pharoah hung
hike night, and darkened all the land of JNilo !"
Well might Mr. M’Doffie say of the per
spective of such a scheme, that “the patronage
resulting from the appointment, the annual ap
pointment of these agents sot the U. S. Rank)
groat us it would doubtless be, would he noth
ing when compared to that which would result
from the dispensation of hank accouirnoda*
tions to the standing amount of at least fifty
millions of dollars ! The mind (says he) al
most instinctively shrinks from the contempla
tion of an idea so ruinous to the purity ot tha
government and the liberties of the people I”
Verily, alter these citations, I may venture
to affirm uflhis financial scheme of mingled
absurdity and wickedness, wnat Mr. Ran
dolph once said of Mm wit of a colleague, *■ it
s inks nnd shines like rotten mackerel by
moonlight.”
1 have now finished this devious voyage
with Mr. Calhoun, and if my chart has erred |
in giving Ins true latitude, and bearings at j
every point, lot it be ascribed to the numerous
and sudden tacks which he lias made upon his I
course. It is difficult to locale so last, a sailer
by the log book, when the wind shifts so often.
When Lord Mansfield said to a prisoner, at
tempting to address the eourl in person, in
stead of by contuol, 11 yon cannot he heard,
yon arc not in court, sir, you are vol here, and
you know it the recollection of the scene,
while wr.ling their papers,perpetually recurred
with the feeling, sir, you are not here. The
Spanish Ambassador in attendance at the
trial, w oto home, denouncing a people as
heroines, who thus denied the real presence.
I hope I may not incur this hazard, in regard
to the real presence of this great. Statesman
at any point of lime, when the history of the
great, voyager “prates of his whereabouts.”
Anionolhe worthies and wise men enume
rated in lac Mercury of the 20th, there occurs,
1 perceive, the mimo of General McDuffie,
w ■ h a puny alien pt to ensnare him upon that
most pitilul ol alt delusive humbugs, lire pro
motion of direct trade by this improved cur
rot icy; which begins most consistently with
irrt tiec.Tl'hie government rags, as the most
correct mode of the .m-estabhslunct of an on
elusive specie circulation. Take warning,
gentlemen, from what you see above, that you
are not tempting an innocent with cakes and
gingerbread. J cannot profess to be the re
pository of the opinions of this great States
man ; hut I know him well, (I incline to think
bct!“>', than any ot the vouchors for the “ good
authority’’ ?'atement of the Mercury,) nnd I
. warn you to be - war 3 lest you call into the lists’
the sword of ScatiJerhcg Pgauist you I I
warn you lurthor, that once Ll'e rent L‘"Uier of
the administration is unfurled in South Caro
linn, you cannot summon a ragged regiment
strong enough la sustain it against his mighty
arm. J rn.iko no “good authority’ state
ments ; 1 scorn the little trick of thus trifling
with the opinions of the only great public man
whose virtues ever impressed me as greater
than his mighty understanding, lint I tell
you most emphatically, to beware ! If Gene
ral M’Duffie be lortlio mere discontinuance
ol Ranks as fiscal agents (a question of pen
led insignificance, in comparison to the re
establishment ot a great national regular or of
the currency.) I am infinitely deceived in the
reach and depth ot Ins practical statesmanship,
if he ever consent lo supply their place by
casting into the executive lap the shower of
prostitution. To the absurdities of an exclu
sue specie currency, it the .Mercury or its a 1-
1 'Users would lake adequate pains to inform
themselves, perhaps they night find him irre
concilably opposed ; und they should bo aware
that without the spec e feature, Mr. Cal
, houn pronounced Mr. Senator Wright’s pro
, vision ol vaults and iron chests a mockerv ;
and so it is.
To the gallant chevalier* wDo is damned
. by Ins own good works and the edi Oria.s ot
the Mercury, lo everlasting (am •, J have mnv
to apply the words of Burk, of the unfortunate
Marie Antoinette—"the breath of the reptile
| annul soil the ermine that adonis him.”—
His country offers him a welcome from bevoml
!' !i*r •rr. "t tlwp, .if Ii , at ' at.d ilj Mercury I
tii> not. 1
l:i :■ 'Hn! to t!> ■ -.ietsl' y of iff author of
-> these uii!3h>'r-s, it i« ulo t tint the curiosity
o. ilie f/ttasl Editor oflim Merer) - , j »;r«:»'p
• tihly ab-itrd. lie acquits, u w./.i .! o-.oio, all
> the Te>o •■ j; uifri of accredit*;.! eminence.
■ It'ii jury wen; impannellctl upon the authorship
• of Hie Mercury’s editorials, it is to he piesum
) t-il, itint they 100, would render a general
• verdict ot acquittal in lavur of the •*capul
■ tnorluuui," at the head ot tiiat paper, “Fee
hlc,” or (by analogy to Mr. Calhoun) tin
s “ feeble,” my strength is not another’s. Is it
n to bo made a subject of coniphiiut, that front
- defective teaching, 1 I ave nut learned lo bray
■ iirom under a cover wrought at some one of
'the oh'cures lilies, or pine lundsoillemcnls el
i the lower country/ There is meiit, it'not
- j decency, even in wearing my own rags; and
'• rather than encore myself in the soiled inleg
i umcnls of another, 1 would prefer, even to Hie
/ startled vis.on ot the Mercury, to unveil the
NAKED TRUTH.
!’• >d.— Will the editor despatch Ins winged
messenger for « reply?
) * General Hnniiliou.
\ cm;: jnicle and sentinel.
■ AUCrUSTA.
■
TUisrsiSay Morning, Aug-jist g.
ST AT 13 RIGHTS TICKET
r ,
| FOR COKOH£HB.
• WM. C. DAWSON,
1 J R. W. HABERSHAM,
J. G. ALFORD,
1 ! w. T. COLQUITT, ,
E. A. NISBET,
MARK A. COOPER,
THOMAS BUTLER KING,
EDWARD J. BLACK, ■
LOTT WARREN. ,
(Jj’ ’J’he Express Mail yesterday brought no
j news of importance, Fiom the North we receiv
ed nothing but the N. Y. Herald slip of the 29;h
■ which states that confidence in the Money Mar
j kot was rr.oic apparent in the operations of the
Board of Brokers on the 28tb ; the transactions
were more extensive, at an improvement in most
every instance, in prices. U. S. Bank had irn.
proved i per cent on tho sales of the day previ
ous, and most other sales went up i to 2.1 per
cent.
An impression it appears pretty generally ex
ists that tho law lately passed by Congress, for,
bids the passing of old notes of the Bank of the ,
United Slates by individuals. This, says the i
National Intelligencer, is not the fact. The law 1
only forbids tho ofticers and agents of the bank
from re-issuing - those notes. The bill as origi- ,
nally reported in the Senate, embraced all per- i
suns whatever; but the revolting ar.d abominable
feature of the bill, which proposed the infliction
of penitentiary punishment for circulating good
money, was entirely 100 “democratic,” even for 1
I •‘the parly,” and it was stricken out.
More Indian Murders.
A postscript to a letter received by a gentleman |
of tliis cily, says the Savannah Republican, dated ,
Centerville, Camden co,, July 24th, stales that l
“A family by tho name of Wilde, was murdered j
by (No Indians on Sunday morning last, consis- ,
ling of tho man, woman, and seven children. |
Tho report may be depended on, as it was recei. | I
ved from a man who saw the bodies of the unfor. : J
tuviate victims.” j ,
Counterfeits on the IJ. S. Bank.
Counterfeit ?50 bills on the U. S. Bank arc in j i
j circulation. Ibo editor ot the Boston Courier!
1 Las had several submitted lo his inspection, and \
describes them ns being all dated December 2d, I
1 f-3G. loitered D. on belli ends. Nos. 177, 7(1(5, I
! ® ?/)- R3 T ar| d 866; —signed f„ r s. Jandcn . Carh- )
'( r - s - Mason; for N. Biddle, President, G. W. I
Pullman. The paper rather thin, and has «n oily j
, j appearance; the vignette ot the banking house is 1
I 1 tolerably well executed, but (he hca.ls on (each j
, ' end of the bill are very coarsely engraved
| 1 - ' f
Tho Pennsylvania Crops.
. : Ibe Cbambersburg (Pa.) Repository Says t
. that the wheal and rye crop is housed in that i
1 section of the State. The wheat is a first rate |
• j crop, the rye is light, and not an average yi.-kl 1
' j ~ 'be oats look fair, but the drought has bla s',- j
1 | e< ' 'be hopes for a good crop of corn and •pr i“
(aloes.
Benjamin Rat’nbun.
I Ihe Bufialonian says that no man was even
. ; more deservedly popular with the community,
-1 than Ibis individual is since his acquittal. On a
1 rtl'.’cnt occasion, it was reported that lie had re
-1 commenced tbo magnificent Exchange which lie
1 contemplated building in Buffalo. The nevus
J spread, and in ave - y short lime from every qun,»-
) (or ot tho cily laborers crowded to the spot, lea J
- ving their work upon the docks, all anxious to j
' work for Mr. Rathbuu. Men from 30 miles tils
j tunt in the country, applied for employment for
j themselves and their horses.
j Mr. Lovqjoy of Georgia, one of the passen-
I gors saved in the late catastrophe of the Pulaski,
Was also on board of tho Home, and Hie Wm 1
t. Gibbons —three of the mosl appalling siluations
r of danger ever recorded.
, Brown, a drunkard ol Ark., recently murdered j
\ his wife, by shooting her with a riile, as she was j
r I sitting in the midst of her children, in the shade j
Ijof a tree, sewing. Seeing (ho rifle, she rose and j
' I received the’ ball between her bioasls 1 The !
' | children fled lo the nearest neighbors, 0 miles, j
. | and the brute was /ouitd stupidly drunk by the
f j bed on which he laid his victim. The crime is j
0 ; greatly aggravated on account pf the delicate con. :
'• - dilion of the wife.
t Three noted counterfeiters were surprised and j
taken by a posse ol officers while counting their !
„ money round a table, in a private room,at Syra- I
. cuse, N. V„ on the 16th inslanl. They had!
c j about *lOOO in assortments to suit customers. I
-I , Another Sam Patch.—Mon*. Blancleiped ‘
■ Irom Ihe mast head ol a sloop lying at the Batto- j
- ty on Saturday evening, hi the presence of a vast i
1 concourse ol spectators, who had collected to see 1
j the tun. Being siulfo.l with cotton, (out side the i
sain, we presume,) he went but little way under
V | water, and on rising to the surface, swam imme. i
dialcty a-hore, i’his affair “came off” well. Wo '
e i believe this 1- about the 7th time that M. Blanc '
- ! has pcrlornied His same feat in tun wafers v
I r.J-'ur, Com ' I
-I. v
I'- ipui! be jjrat.lyiiirj to every !rr r
inanity in ;he»c times, when empiricism stalks I
over the land with an effrontery which mocks the 1
Iron ns ut the enlightened, to hull the appearance i
of a scientific wmk conducted by members of the u
medical profession of the South.
This observation lias been elicited l>y our re
ception of the last number of tho “ Southern ■
Medical and Surgical Journal,” published at ! '
Augusta, Geo. I
Among a number of excellent articles; we no * I 1
lice with pleasure an ingenious letter mt “con- l:
vulsions,” from Dr. L A Dogas, of Augusta, ou, "
but the nro.st interesting article in the work is an n
I essay on “Amaurosis,” illustrated by a case ot 11
spontaneous euro by Dr. ], L Cohen, of Charles- v
loir, SC. The publication of this case, as well L
as tiro preceding observations, reflect tho highest e
credit upon tire talented writer, and the profess-
ion must acknowledge their obligations to the '
au hor, who has so admirably illustrated a disease,
which, though of frequent occurrence, is not gen
erally understood, for as Dr C remarks, we lind
all sorts of persons among the Amaurotic, from f
him whoso vessels scorn on the point of bursting |_
with plethora, and who has long revelled in the
solid luxuries of the table, down to the emaciated
victim of famine and intemperance. j
The reviews and extracts evince much talent j s
and industry, and we recommend the J ournal to I
tho attention of the profession.— JV. y Slur.
Central Kail itoad.
Out attention has been attracted by a splendid -
new Locomotive Engine, lately placed on the road |
Irorn the manufactory of M. W. Baldwin, Phila
delphia. This beautiful machine is called the
“Macom” in compliment to our sister-city; and
wo hope some day to have the pleasure of being
one ol a multitude of our citizens who will enter
that city by the aid of this engine. How joyous 11
will be that day, • • * U
On enquiry as to the progress and prospects of b
the work, we ascertained the following facts;
The road bed is graded to the extent 0f73 I.>
miles. The rails are laid 35 miles, the cars run
ning that distance, and the Macon mail and pas,
sengers are now carried 30 miles on the road. S
f his shortens the time between this city and Ma- '
con about 4 hours; a connexion with the stage p
lino will be made in a few days 10 miles further »
up. The contractor for laying superstructure is
pushing on with a heavy force at the rale of about
1J mile |cr week. ~
The grading is under contract to a point 79 (
miles from this city, and on Wednesday of next i
week, contracts will be extended to 1000 miles, |
and the road will be graded that distance by tho t
Ist ot January next.
The force on the lino is now about 400 men.— 1 j
Two jiarlies of Engineers are actively engaged s
in defining the line from Ogecheo onward, and c
the result of their surveys shews a more favorable p
route than was originally calculated on.
The inhabitants of Burke county are awaken- (
ing to the importance of a connexion by means t
of a branch between our road and Augusta, via r
VV aj nesborongh—and if wo may be permitted to j
express aii opinion on the subject, we have no he ,
sitaiion in sayinj that no Kail Bond project in
the State offers a fairer promise of profit than this ,
branch. A public meeting :s called at Waynes- j f
borough, on the Ist Monday in August to delibe- | ,
rate on the subject. We say, "God speed them j (
in the good work.” j c
[From the Watertown Jeffersonian.] t
Shipwreck, , ,
The lives of but few persons furnish incidents I
as appalling as that given below. The account |-j
may be in romool its particulars incorrect, us it >
was penned in a hurried manner, from the lips
of one of the sufferers.
The new schr. Win. L. Marcy, Capt. Miner, I
belonging to Messrs. B. & 11. Geok, of Ellisburg, i ;
on her trip from Ellis’ village to Oswego, was on £
theevening of the 10th inst. capized in a gale of
wind oil'Mexico Bay. The gale was preceded •
by a dead calm. Upon tho first appearance of
the storm, every precaution was made use of to .'
prepare the vessel for its encounter. It is hero j
proper to slate that she was without ballast. The
progress of the storm could be distinctly traced >
upon tho smooth surface of the water us it came
with apparently slow but terrific violence. The
schr. instantly capsized. With masts pcipendieu- t
lar in tho water, and keel in the air, the vessel
now dashed lo’and fro among tho billows. Bam’l
Dock, (owner) Capt. Miner, and two hands were
on deck. Wm. G Wells, Esq. merchant of
I Mansvtlle, John Tift, of Ellisburg, Miss Eliza
| Van AllsTmc of Scriba, Oswego co. and a son of
j Mr. Cook about 13 years of age, weio in the cab
j in. Those on deck were swept horn it as quick
j us thought; but by such exertions as can only be
[ put foilh at such a crisis as Ibis they all succeed
j id in gaining the keel, to which they hung from
] sunset till near midnight, with every tea dashing
j over them with tremendous violence.
| The cabin filled with water as far as tho cou
: fined uir would permit ; ibo scene which was
i there enacted beggars description. Within this
! narrow 8 by 10 room were lour human beings,
I rodiug and tumbling among tho loose furniture
] and baggage, alternately under and out of the
i water, as the vessel rose and sunk with each sue
| cecdmgsea. They however sustained themselves
I somewhat by holding on to the inverted bertha.
Alter remaining in this situation about two hours I
with tho water gradually gaining upon ibem, so I
; that but about a loot of space remained between *
: the surface of the water and the top of Iha caljin,
they found to their indescribable horror that the
I vital principle of the air was well nigh exhausted.
Death now seemed inevitable. But with a dcs
■ peration attendant only upon the last effort of the
I dying. Mr. Wells after tlneo or four attempts, by
! diving down broke out (he sky light window s and
i tore out with his liatids the iron rods which were
j placed outside to protect it, through which they
j thrust as much of the louse rubbish as possible,
j 'hereby allowing them more room ami air, as the
water had now a free ingress from below. But
they still experienced great difficulty in breathing
and must havopetisbcd were it not (nr two feather
beds that were rnllaled with air. Ever and anon
they thrust there into the water, from which glob
ules of air would tise and burst, thus furnishing a
scanty supply of the sustaining element. Mr,
j Tift fainted and sunk but was again brought to
tho suriacc ot tho water by Mr. Wells. The
| young lady also fainted. The boy sustained him
j self remarkably.
When ail hope of relief had fled, Mr Wells with
| his pocket knife, with no other light that an uc
j casional gleam ol lightning reflected by the wa
ter, commenced cutting (or the purpose of'get
| ting a hole Ihtough the ship; and had cutthrough
j the inner finishings of tho cabin and far into the
j hard timber when his knife camo in contact with
■ a spiko which so dulled it as to render it useless.
; About this time, voices were heard from the out
j side of the vessel, being the first sound that had
j come to their ears save the bowlings of the storms
j and the peltings ol the hail on the bottom ol the
j vessel, ihe schr. Pulaski, Capt. Mallhewson,
having discovered the'wreck, after four hours
beating, came alongside and took from the wreck
the well nigh exhausted sufferers. But in wlial
way to proceed to rescue those in iho cabin they
l knew not. While calculating upon tho uncertain
| ly of success, Capt. Mallhewson formed the quick
| 'esolvo, anil carried into exoculion the plan
I which resulted in saving them, and which enli
j ties him not only to their lasting gratitud--, but
j ranks him high on the list of the humanely brave
j With a rope round bis body, the waves runing
I icarluilv higu at tire lime, be dove under the ves
i £C “ and w ‘ ,h his feet up felt lor the sky. light hi
i (O which ho thrust them, to which they ou’o I
-1 (,I!C dove down, caught, and were drawn cut
| with lire exception of the hoy, who was unable to
dive as low as tho Captain's feet. A hole wav
Imnu’diaieh rut through the bottom ot ilir - - I
’; ld t, ' u lcn ‘“* ™»ara RWKTengine. No
lnaij'.u iu attached U Capt. Minor, lie havin *
every precaution necessary, save a supply
ul ballast previous to linr-.
lsland. —A corps ot' woodcutters is
now busily engaged in clearing Navy Island of
as timber. This is done, we presume, in order to
prevent trouble which might arise from its future
occupation by a hostile or in-urgent force, Tho
island is one of lire most beautiful in tho river,
and would make a delightful farm, being easy ol
access, of surpassing fertility, and commanding
a view not exceeded in grandeur by any in tho
world. It covers an area of about 300 acres, and
could have been purchased of tho lirilish Gov.
eminent last year for a rncro song, but now
probably, could not be bought at any price.— Hu/,
falo Commercial .hlv.
A Mistakk.— Ii is staled that tho (wo men,
captured by the combined forces of England and
America, as a part id Bill Johnson’s gang on tho
lakes, have been tried and acquitted, 'i'lio com
bined army was mistaken in the individuals.
Ihe last ease ot absence d mind is given in i
Massachusetts paper, of a lady who dropped her,
sell into the post office instead of a letter, iyid did
not discover her mistake until tho clerk asked her
whether she was single or double.
Prentice says that Van Boren is very busy now
in following in tho footsteps ot Gcncial Jackson,
but that in 18d0 he will have to “make tracks*’’
on his own account.
MARINE INTL'LLIGJSNCIL
® A VAN N' A It, July SB.—Cleared. strip Franklin. Pen
cil. tun, Liverpool, s'oop Elect,? bson, Doston.
Arrived, slop low per, lluachman, Xtw ,'ork, schr
Helsey, and Maria, ItrucWingtoii, fct Marys, schr Peters
burg, Itoss, New York,
Went tosea, ship Eliza and Abhy, Wale, New York,
schr Impe ial, P.nlovv, New Orleans, schr Hebeccal
-Neill, New York, selu- Orn/al.o, Smith, Philadelphia.
C H.A lILES I ON. Angtist I—Arrived yesterday,steam
packet N O Davis, Wilmington N C.
Old. U /. brig star, Hull, N Y; schr Dnnl M Smith
Pmilli. Wilmington,»N C. steam packet NC. Davis'
U idnington, N C,
Went lo sea, schr Stephen &. Francis. Magee N Y. steam
packet iN C Davis, Wilmington N C.
-SAP's awtan— t »iaw»——m
Obituary.
Departed this life, on Saturday, the 31st July,
at his residence in Oglethorpe county, Mr, John
Caiitkii, a husband, father, brother, and friend.
W e can in all confidence hope and say, that tho
loss of the surviving relatives and friends, is his
eternal gain. He has been a member of the Bap*
list church a number of years, and continued firm
in the primitive faith ; and his faith may truly be
said to have sweetly worked by love, and overt
come the world. He would many times, during
his illness, express to his friends and neighbors
bis entire- willingness lo die, when it might be
the Lord’s will to take him ; lie would say that. V
tho world, with all that pertained lo it. was
nothing lo him, his hope was entirely in our Lord
Jesus Christ, and he hoped to appear alone in his
righteousness when he got to that heller world,
where all would be peace, and joy, and love. Ho
would repeatedly say, •• O ! Death where is thy
sling !” and “ thanks be to God, who gipclh us
Iho victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. We
think that wo may truly say that he died the
death of tho righteous; and many that beard him
on the subject, were made lo say, “ O !
that iny last end may be like unto bis.”
kwrnuuua ■ II II
T HAVE appointed SAMUEL H. PECK my
.0- attorney, iiir the gene.* 1 '! transaction ot my busi
ness, during my absence from 1 lie stale.
aag 1 JOHN G. WINTER.
50" During my absence from tho State, William
H. Cushney and Nathaniel Patten, are my author
iseii agents, (nr I he transaction of business connect
ed with the officeofthe Chronicle & Sentinel.
WILLIAM E. JONES,
Augusta, July 7,1833
T%J OTlCK.—During my absence from tho state,
J- Milo Hatch, &’i homas Quizenberrj , arc my
authorised agents, lo transact r.ny business in which
I may be interested. [July 35 Ol] M. M. DYE.
The Peoples Press, will please copy the above
six times.
mTOTICE.—LEV7 TA YLOR is authorised to
■k » act as ray otioinev’diiring my absence from
this stale. W.U. WOODBURY, Jr.
Augusta, July 18, 1-833. )m
jV i m CE.—Mt. E. ll llLisT»~my dutyam
-k » thorised attorney during my short absence
from the state.. S. RUFORB-
July 24,1838. if
S NUKING my short absence from the stare Mr
JAMES IIURLHERT, and M. OUDEA.
are my aulhonsed agents in transact any business m
which 1 may be connected. LUTHER RULE.
Augusln, July 25,1838. if
ftp ME subscriber being about to leave if. s,„.
dk fora low weeks, J.xo. iVI. Ha;,ip- 0N o fj all
rnns county, will act as bis agenk -,-j a „ 0 ’ rnny un .
in be returns. J ’./UN THOMAS.
~1 1| " 1 Laurens Co., r a < j UI , e 23< tw A w
" |J 5 ’ HXil Y will act os ray
* / V ll -mg my absence from the city; alt
' 1 In me will therefore make inune
du.te payment to him. A. FOSTER.
Augusta, May 30. 1833. ts
. T! i : AUiIfSTA MllUtoii: ’
, A semi-mniith y journal, dov nlccl to Polilo Litora
, ’'in', .'1 Hsu;, aiul useful inio!hg«nco, is publiihed «
every mber Saturday, by W. T. Tiio.vtreoN, at S 3 /
per annum, in advance. If July 37
Flii'i’v O LLASt S - tt EW A 111) .
A : . RA?IAIVA\ from ibo subsen
vLvV-, her, about tiro JUib of March last,
my negro fellow Cesar, about 35
years of age, quick spoken, and of
common size, i have no ctoubt but
\\n42K that ba is lurking about the plants
! K” 11 "f Dr. S. J. Bailey, Barnwell
District, U. C. us ho has a wife at
dial place.
Also, about the loth of June Inst, I’cter, about
GO years of ago, stutters w hen spoken 10, and is sup
posed lobe about Crocker’s Neck, B.C
These negroes loo well known to need dec
n ipt ion, where 1 suppose they ore ranging. Cap
tains ot steamboats will please look out for said
negroes, as they arc well acquainted with the river,
and have been on boats the greater part of their
iline, at vvork, and may try to make believe they urn
hiring their own time. I will pay the above reward
for lhe delivery of said i egroes tome, or in Au
gusta jail. JOSEPH A. SHEWMAKE
august 2 if
Gcorgin, Coliojibia conaly:
K; - 111-, UK AS, Gyrus Aiken applies for letters of
’>f t administration on the isiala ol Thomas
Alboa, deceased.
These are iherctbm to cite and admonish all ami
singular, the kindred and creditors ol die said do
ceased, lo tile their objection,, (ifanylhey have,)at
my office, according in law.
Given under my band ut office, this 31st July,
1838. [au ; 2] GABRIEL JONES, Clerk.
COLUMN! • SHERIFF’S SALK.
d|N die Ist 'pi i- iy in September next, will bo
sold at Ci a Court House, between the
usual sale hours, tho following properly, to wil -■ a J
tract of land, containing two bundled acres, more
or less, on Little river, adjoining P. Pettit and Evan
1 )avis, and orig naliv granted to Elly, lo satisfy two
(1. fas. from Columbia Superior Court, in which
Simmons Cravvlord ami James Filzgerrald are plain
tills, against Pierson Pettit, defendant.
Also, a negro wonion named -Marlhnand her child
Bob, to satisfy two h. fas. from Columbia inferior
Court, in which Daniel Hand and John Lanikin are
plaintiffs, against Calharino Burnside, defendant
Also, a tract of land containing thirty-fivejjcros,
more or less, adjoining Dooly and Short, on town
creels, to satisly two ii. las. from the Justices
Court, Dijtrict No. 12. Elias Ecott, against Dar
oey Howard and James Pinion Levied on nnu
returned lo me by a constable.
Alro, one sorrei burse, eight or nine years ofagfi
to satisly a ti, fa. tram Columbiu Inferior Court
A'.'illiam Housely against Michael Griffin. I
Ah',o, one road wagon, two sorrel horse?, one i V I
horse and a bay nitre and cob, lo satisfy a ti.
from .Columbia Superior Court. Samuel M. ,ai y - I
son vs Daniel f. Mil). Properly pointed out nj
1 : H VRD it JUNE.' 5 Shcntl.