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Some view* oftht propose! slivo, u oj ihr Gov- I
rr nment from the Hanks, >ul<lr,lu l/ir |
ratuliil of nil parties,
I.elfer No. 111.
The friend* of the new ami impracticable
trbeine ol (ho government, manifest id all occa- !
■ioni< *decided ond strong hostility i<» HANKS.
|„ exhibiting to claims "I Iheir extraordinary I
system, limy cannot advance a < rnglo step with
out attacking them.
These inventions <>f modern so. rely arc c«'l*-
resentod hy them to he dangerous alike M the
morals oMhc people and the Ireedom >d Hie
nation. They paint then, in the darkest colors
Their most eloquent appeals to the passions o
the people arc made against the hanlu-aml .
they arc unceasing in their ellor.s to create m
,ho public mind a deep and invincible prejudice j
against these institution*.
Men, distinguished and ohscurc-presses, in.
floential and .ns.gnilieat.t, find most
fruitful subject ol remark.
The Wilier who addresses the State I R *
parly as a “Nullifier,” n.lelhgenl and wed in
formed as he un'jueslinnahly is, is e-|ua ly /.ealons
an this warfare. Taking In* stand hy the side ol
that illustiimis atalesinaii and aisle finanua , j
(who gam very early indications ol hi. capacity
for seeming deposit.) Thomas 11. Menton, he
assails these formidable institution*.
I read with sincere regret I'm pas
sage in one of his early numbers: ‘ Will not
the people ultimately sustain tin. positron which
Mr. Van Uuren has assumed ' It t* not to he
disguised, a majority ol them ore sick and tired
of the excesses, lire corruptions, thn heiirllussiiess
and tyranny of Hanks. Without adding to the
real capital of the country, the abuses ol the
system suhslraCt from productive indu-uy an
nmount of profits far beyond any advantages
eonfertod." Now this is not reasoning—lt is
(Hit assertion, nt.d I confess myself wholly mia
hie to comprehend it. Jl that respectable witter
were railed on to rstahh-h this 1 id assertion by
reasoning, he might discover that he bio nini r
a liken a work of some magnitude. Whenever
he alludes to Hanks Ire employs the strong.«:
terms which our language can lurnish, in iH«"'
traling Iheir dangerous qualities. “Wild cuts,
“tigers,” “hyenas,” “lions,” and “vatnpy.es,
are made in his commuirtCtlmns to represent
them, and are taught to grin horribly upon ns
that our eyes may he opened to sen the term tons
and destructive tendency of. lies., Icrnh.e corpo.
rations. Take up one of his numbers wtihoul
being informed upon what subject he is witling,
and if you should glance your eye carelessly over
his pages, you might very naturally suppose that
you had looked into some writer who was enter
taining tiro world with some new facts in Natural
History, and treating especially upon the nature
of ferocious wilil l»cn*ls.
The course pursued i»y Iho friends of tin*,
torceand Hub-Tieasury nysiein iu»uiifi | *»i« very
■clearly their view of the relation which must
exist between Iheir schemes and Hanks, that
relation is antagonist. Their (Hisrlion admits
that the operation of their system, must result
IN Till) IIESTIIIIOTHtN <>!’ HANKa, and
■this is the first objection to it- Heforo 'he. task
rif showing how this insult will he brought about
is undertaken, I will lonely remark, that those
who favor the plan of collecting the dues ol the
Oovornmerit in gold and silver, assume ground J
which they are unable to occupy. They lake ,
for granted that the precious metals are the natii | ,
ml and necessary representative of properly, |
while in the use of paper money we employ an ,
artificial agent. New nothing can he more un* j
Irue. There is really no mere connection ho- .
tween the metals ami properly, than there is (
'between paper and properly. Ihe duialiility, |
the scarcity and other qualities tound in the j
precious metals, which give them a uniform (
value, has induced mankind to employ the
representing things really valuable. 1 hey were
selected because of their convenieii c« as an
agent in commercial allaits —hut when it becomes
inconvenient lu employ them, and the wants of
society demand some other representative id pro
parly, men are ol perfect liberty to supersede Iheir
use in purl or wholly, hy the substitution ol s
another representative.
A distinguished gentleman* in a late speech «
has said m reference to this subject—" When we *1
speak of a measure or standard, wo refer to lixerl C
and definite propoitions, which are equally eer* It
lain and unchangeable, hut when wo speak ol It
the precious metals as the measure or standard ol jc
value, wo use the terms in u vague sense, as ex- a
pressivo of the me of the precious metals, hut d
not of any quality that is inheiont in them. a
He that roads that in the lime of Henry lire
Highlit, an ox was worth I'no shillings, receives
no information at all, unless he is further inform,
ed what the price of other things was in the
same medium. From the price ol the thing
itself it is impossible to say whether it was cheap
or dear—of much or little value. In otto word ~
the precious metals are not measures, hut only u
signs, highly useful anil significant, to cxpie.-s ((
■the relation which certain commodities hear to „
each other, hut hy no means the only things that
are capable of expressing the same relation and p
having no more necessary connexion with the p
ideas of value, than the tallies or eounlers that ~|
are used to keep the game, hear with the spots xv
on cords.” ei
Yet we are invited to discard paper money us v ,
an artificial and unsound medium, and return to |,
hard money as constituting the only safe and 0
natuiul cuncncy. We are called on to close the |,
volume of history, to forgot all the experience ,
-which the past has yielded, to shut our eyes upon | )
the operation of the political systems ol thu old i |
world—amt abandoning our advanced position m
civilization—to resume the habits ol primitive i
society and return to the cold, barren condition
of a people who know nothing ol commercial
enterprise. Uur rulers hlii.nl alike to the chat in - j
ler of our country and the habits ol our pi op 1 j
would bring upon us the eutse or a haul money
currency and make us what Norway, aoi SN '
den, and Denmark, and Kus.-ia, and Austria, and
Hungary, all id them boasted haul money gov
ernments, now are.
lam persuaded that a scheme more ruinous i
ami impracticable than dial which propo-os to |
collect die dues of the government iu gold and !
silver, was never presented to the people of the
United States, If it could he introduced, its |
operation would create immense sulVerittg, ami 1
would convert a political system designed to I c
preatly beneficial, into a colossal despotism.—
Where could specie he obtained to meet (ho de
mands of the (loVernment, calling for its thirty
ot forty millions ol dollars alriu.dly I If there j
be seventy millions of specie in the country, it I
will of course he hoarded either in the vaults of I
Hanks or hy individuals who speculate in funds 1
It becomes necessary lor one who is hlkiul In 1
make a payment to the tvovernment to raise the I
amount in specie. H >\» shall Its obtain it? It J
lias become a marketable commodity— it is rpgu- |
larlv bought and sold, and the individual is forced
to obtain the specie which his wants demand,
by purchasing it at a premium of perhaps twenty
per cent. This is at once imposing uu oppres
tsrve and o lions lax. Those in power would]
enjoy the operation ; —as elliceis of the Dovern
merit they would be paid io gold and silver, and
troin the President down to the mu-t iiu ■gmfie.ml
country Postmaster, they would begin to specu.
late in money,
Hat the PKOIM.K, those objects of the (10.
veriunent’ti alleelton, must content thorns-, vee
with (ftper, and when it becomes tieees-ary
to discharge a debt tine to their misters, liny
iiiiisl search lor glitlcrino cum, and hy u
*dlr IVtigru, of S f
fcoct what, ii may. Now a »c'i*amc'-vliidi op-
I emirs in this w.iy in impracticable; n Iren peo'
(pV will mil bear it. It may 11 mn«li iuHih
| tin, lini does not prosper in the in' itinlo ot ' l '-
I United S'utcs.
from the column* of tin; Rf.'orrncr, winch,
, with it'i indifference in i onsislnncy nnpftrdoii.
: able in a respectable print, no v advocates dm
j Snlj-TreaHiiry scheme. wo borrow a Birmitht
ion tliir, ailiji" t. I' is ot it ile, Anvils! n, ltd?
“The result, oCall experiments in. that two
currencies of’ nm ipml value i a mot, <K si at
lie same lime in lhe«e.iMie community. lim
ellcct ot iliu separation of I tin • lovcrnirieot
(mm the Bunks in the terms proposed, that nt,
lo require epnein lor nil Government dues,
j will tie to discredit paper, it "ill give specie
a fictitious value and induce ah persons to
hoard it. It was tlmt primes', superinduced
liy i!io specie circular, wlncli caused the sus
pension ot specie payments. 1 n hqfalntc such
: a measure wII he impossible, Congress can.
| net ho induced to do it.”
| The necessary result n( the operation ot
I tins system is the destruction of Banks.”
11 specie aerpiires an artificial value it will
he sought. Whatever is sought as an object
i i,t' v line, becomes naturally an article nl trade,
and is bought and sold (or its market value.
If then, untiling hut specie will discharge gov
ernment duos, it at once acquires an artificial
value—a value which it could not. possess it
paper money would do the same thing. With
a sliong and constant demand thus created
for gold and silver, how can hanks resume
specie payments I Every paper dollar which
I issues, will draw the silver one winch it rep
i resents, and the Banks must either not issue
lulls at alb or their vaults will be drained ol
specie. Tins is an operation easily compre
hended. The result is unavoidable—it is pro
duced by laws which are as fixed in their op
era! ion, as those which govern the physcal
world. What reception will such a scheme
meet, from the common gonee of the Ameri
can people '!
The adoption of the divorce attd.Sub- I’rca
sury system ptfs dishonor upon Ba''k bills
they are rejected by the most, iinport«it and
influential trader in the market., the GovCf' l '
inenl, and this of necessity impairs their vai ■
lie. Nothing is more sensitive than credit —
!mi imicndo may wound it. But Batiks are
I exjiected to maintain their credit under the
I daily scorn and contumely of the Govern-
I ineiit. ft is wholly impracticable and it is
well that we should understand tins to he the
issue at once.
U is not my purpose at present to examine
the claims ot Banks or to inquire whether we
are prepared to dispense with their aid. I
I av’o not yet reached (hut part of the subject.
My object at present is to show, that they
cannot exist in any ellicienl form under the
fatal operation of the divorce and hard money
scheme. It is (lerlmps unnecessary to say
more on this point. Upon n proposition so
clear it is idle to amplify.
.It does not come within the scope of my
dcffgn In defend the late deposito system.
Uni the objection urged against it by a “Nul
litior” is most extraordinary. He is at a loss
to discover what right (lie Government has to
employ State Banks —and inclines to the
opinion that if the Banks should he injured by
the charge of Government depo,sites instead
of being benefit!ed, that the stockholders
might find redress in a Court of Chancery.
This is a view of the subject, which I appre
hend IJt.it writer may claim tlie silo merit of
having originated. It inks open their doors
to the whole world, and the Government
through its agents, is at ported liberty to de
posit!: its tends wllli I, iciii, precisely upon the
sanin footing as individuals. It. rests with
the Banks In act upon tins trust discreetly or
indiscreclly-it is to the Government a mutter
ol no concern so long ns they account faith
fully to them. To make the Government re
sponsible for the indiscreet ami unprofitable
use of Iho (lcpoait.es, by the banks would bo
rihniil, us wise us to sustain the claim of an in
dividual against, his friend who hail been kind
jnniigh In place funds in his hands which he
mil squandered in rash and ruinous spcculu
ioiis. I shall offer further views of this silli
ed which J hope will satisfy the candid of
ill parties who think for themselves that the
divorce and Sub-Treasury system is unwise
uul impracticable. JUNIUS BRUTUS.
Singular Love Adair.
I’ho Delaware Gazette tells a good story of two
lersuns saved from the wreck of the Pulaski,
which we will endeavor to repeal in a few words:
Among the passengers was Mr. Ridge, a young
nan ol wealth and standing, from New Oilcans,
who, being a stranger to ait on hoard, anil feeling
juitc as miii h interest in his own safely as in that
if any other person, was, in the midst of the
tonfusion which followed the dreadful cutaslro
die, about helping himself to a place in one of
he boats, when a young holy who had frequently
dieiled his udmiinlion during (he voyage, Inn
villi whom he was totally unacquainted, atlinct
•d his attention, and he immediately stepped lor
ward to oiler his sei vices, amt to assist her on
mard the boat; but in tins generous attempt not
only lost sight of die young lady, but also lost
his place in the boat. Afterwards when he dis
covered that the pan of lbe wreek on which he
limited would soon go down, lie east ahum lor the
means of preservation, anil lashing t 'gather a
eouple of sellers nod an empty cask bo sprang
to it and lartnelied himself upon the wide ocean.
Ills vessel proved heller than he expected, and
amidst (lie shrieks, groans and death struggles
which were every where uttoied around him, be
began lo feel that bis lot was fortunate, mid whs
consoling (himself upon Ins escape, sueli as n
wa-, when a person struggling m (ho waxes very
| near him, caught his eye. Il wnsaxvuman—and
j without taking the second thought be plunged
i into the wa ci mid brought tier safely lo his hole
rail which was hardly sullieient in keep ilu ir
lira 'ls and shoulders above water. She was the
same fiiuiig lady lor whom he hud lost his chance
in the li,):.t, anil lor a while he leh pleased at hav*
mg effected .S ,r rescue; hut a moment’s relleclion
convinced him ihat her rescue was no rescue,
and that unless he could Ii ml some more substan
tial vessel, both must perish.
Under these ciieumsta.uces he proposed ma
king an effort lo get his eomfanion in one of the
boats which was suit hovering near the wreck,
but the propositi.>n oflere Iso little chance of suc
cess that she declined, expressing her willingness
at lhe same time lo lake her chance with him
either for lile or death, fortunately they diiflrd
upon a part of the wreck which furnished them
with materials for strengthening their vessel, mul
which were turned lo such good account that
they soon sat upon a llonl suHicienlly buoyant to
keep them above the water, mid when the mono
iug dawned,they loniut themselves upon the broad
surface of the ‘’vasty deep’’ without land or sad
si human being in sight—without a ir.orscl to
1 eat oi drink—almost without clothes, mul expo
| sed to the binning heat of a tropical sun.
In the course ol the next day they came in
I i ;!il ol land, and foi n lime had strong hopes of
reaching it, hut during the succeeding night the
wind drove them hack upon the ocean. On the
third day a sail was seen in th" distance, hut they
lout no means of making ihoinselxes discovered.
They were, 'aoxvover, at length picked up by a
vessel, after several days of intense sutler mg,
starved and exhausted, hut snli in posse-,cm ~|
all then faculties, which it seems hud been eni.
ployed lo Home purport during Ihcir solitary and j
dangerous voyage.
U o have heaid of love in a collage—love m j
the deep green wood* —nay, even ol love on H' i
' wiM uiifurrowed prairie, but love upon a plank j
m die initial of old ocean, with » dozen Rightful
1 diM'lis in view, is something still more uncommon. ,
\ • And yet it would seem, that love thus horn upon |
| Ihc hosom of the deep—-nadlcd hy die ocean
wave—and refined under the fierce beams ol an
almost vertical sun—is, alter all the veiy thing- |
’ ’i'liero is uhout it the true spico of romance— the
* donhls, the hopes, Ihe difficulties —aye, and the ;
! deaths 100, lo ■ ay nothing of the sighs and tears, I
* | Mr. Ridge must, therefore, ho acknowledged as
> I the most romantic of loters, lor there upon the ,
> 1 “deep deep sea’ ho breathed his precious passion, !
: | mingled his sighs with die broth of old ocean.
> and vowed eli rnal ulfertion. Women arc die hint
I creatures in Ihe world, end ilisn dto he expected j
- that Miss Onslow (such was the lady s name) ;
i could resist die substantial evid> aces ot alfecUon
which licr companion had given.and accordingly
they entered into an “alliance offensive and de
,( tensive,” os the statesmen say, which has since
been renewed upon “terra fircia,” and is cro long
| | lo he signed and scaled.
I | On reaching the shore and recovering some
, ( what from the effects of the voyage, Mr. Kidge
thinking that perhaps his lady love had entered
the engagement without proper consideration and
j that the sight of laud and ot tld friends might
j- have caused her lo change her views, wailed on
■ her and informed her that if such was the case he
j would not hesitate to release her f-oin the engage
merit, and added further, that he had lost his all
’ i l,y the wreck of the I’ulaski, and would hence
-1 forth he entirely dependant on his own exertions
for his subsistence. The lady was much affected,
s .u bursting into tears assured him that her aflfec
’• lion Was urichanguahle, and an to fortune, »te was
happy lo say that she had enough fur both. She
“ is said to he worih two hundred thousand dollars.
’• —Kroohhni ,’ltlv.
il
ri Triofi Ihc Southern llccnnter.
Since inlerrogaloneH have become Ihr (ash
ion of the day, wo wdl exercise our privilege
of propounding a few to the Union (I on gross
- siomil candidates, as Ihcir prints are wholly
d silent on the subject, which, it, must bo admit
- tod, allocts the lasting interest, of our cnintry,
ami particularly the interest olThe people ot
- the klouili :
a Ist. i'o yon admit the constif.iitionrlify of
a the reception, by Uongress, of abolition pell
- lions !
s *dd. Do y»n believe llml the late ])dH° nr!l :'
lj ic Address, setting forth the declared priin i J
pies of the Van llurea party, nliords a stilli
-3 cicnt guarantee to the preservation of the
i rights ol iho people oflho slave holding States?
I lid. 1 lave you any confidence in sucli men
. as Niles, of Connecticut, Allen of Ohio, Wall
t of Now Jersey, and Williams, of Maine coop
* crating with you in the preservaiion of the du
r mestic rights of the South ?
i 4th. Do you still hold lo Ihe doctrines of
j the Proclamation, or are you willing to pub.
licly recant them /
e>th. Are you still the advocates of the
Force Bill?
Bth. Though loss important—Doyouadvo
: cate the Sub-Treasury scheme, ns it came from
i the Administration, without Mr. Calhoun’s
i hard money amendment, or do you advocate
the measure with Mr. C s amendment!
From the boasted independence ol the Union
nominees, it is expected they will give frank
and prompt answers to the above intciroga
tories.
Concluding passagers of Mr. Poindexter’s fel
ler to the Bond dinner, Ohio :
Ihe honest, hut misguided and deceived, peo- 1
pie, in every quarter of the Union, required pre
cisely such a speech as Mr. Bond has given, to 1
I rescue them from darkness spread over their j
minds hy artful demagogues, sycophants and of- \
flee holders. Tho facts rest upon reford, and a
may he found among the archives of the Govern- v
nienl; none can wink so hard as not lo too and
understand them ; and if there he an American
citizen so hound in partizan chains as not to open r
his eyes to truths thus disclosed and established,
such an one might well stand as a monument ol I
blind infatuation produced on the human mind by '
the blighting influence of man worshi/i. I frank- <
ly own that for a season, I placed implicit reli- I
mice cm the professions of the late Chief Magis- 1
Irate, made under his own sign manuel: I enter- <
ed the Senate of the Union with the fixed pur
pose of supporting the principles lie had given to 1
the nation and lo thu world as the basis ot Ins ad- 1
ministration ; but 1 soon discovered the discre
pancy between three principles and lias practice
which marked the conduct id President Jackson.
I witnessed all, or nearly all, which Mr. Bond had
said, and loving Rome more than Cawar, 1 clung
to my country and denounced the usurper. Ma
ny greater and belter men than myself fell into
the same error and shared the. same fortune—be
lieving, as I do, that the day of our deliverance
from the iron grasp of executive power, unres
trained hy constitutional limitations, and susluiii
ed by patronage and corruption, is at hand. 1
look with (he most anxious solicitude and cheer
ing hopes lo the approaching elections, on the re
sult of which hang the future destinies of the Re.
public, l.et the Whigs be true to themselves
and the country, without regard lo personal pre
ferences; while divisions must ever bring defeat
and discomfiture, and u glorious victory awaits
us.
Wishing you, gentlemen, a pleasant and agree
able (estival, I oiler Ihe subjoined sentiment to ihe
: company, and remain with great respect and
considerations.
Vour friend and fellow citizen,
CEO. POINDEXTER.
Messrs. .1. Liggett, M. 8. Cook, S. W. Ely, vVe.
T/ir Hun. Thomas Eving ; —The enlightened
statesman without guile; the patriot without re.
proaeh, and the faithful public seivant. Ohio
will appreciate his worth and restore him lo the
' Sontitu ol ilio (Jnior.
Ri aii.—On ihe first of January, ISIJ7, as „p..
penis hy ft report of the Secretary of the Trea
sury, theie was in ihe Treasury “available mo.
ney, applicable to public purposes, to ihe amount
°f #12,408,859 97
The revenue for the year 1897,
amount lo 23,499,981 00
Treasury notes have been au
thorized to die amount of 20,000,000 00
And it is estimated that die rev
enue accruing on the present
year (so far) is at least 10,000.000 00
i
Making ultogitlur, #90,008,810 97
i here has been deposited with
tile Elates uuder the law of
l ' s:ss - 28,229,005 98
Leaving lo he accounted for #67,739,834 99
Now, as die* t reasury is empty, this sixty seven
millions seven hundred and thirty-ninothous and
eight hundred and thirty-four dollars and ninety,
nine rents, is the precise amount—and j, it mg
astonishing '—which Ihe Government (Mr. Van
Buren to wit:) has made away with since the
' *\ rsl * h,v °f January. 1837!! Let the Loco
l oco press answer lo the people us to what lias
become of diis immense sum of money, before
they prate longer about "Whig corruption.”—
( oiambus (O.J Journal.
i The Argus is in raptures at the remit of (hj
; r lw ." 0 "- ■ | l»‘smallest favours .hank j
I lolly received and aiatelully acknowledged’’ jj
j die \an Buren motto. They have to thank tho [
■ squatters mid Renton gold lor the two members
'in Missouri, and a tight squeeze 'liny had; hut
| iho lossofohl North Car.»lnia, there’s a Map lor
j you my masters.—-.A*. I - Shir.
I CIIIIONICLK AND SKNTI N KL.
i - - -» - “ i
riiiii'niu) Momiita. scpH'iiiiiiT i>. j
NT ATE RIGHTS TICKET
run cosiiiu.su.
W.M C. DAWSON,
R VV HAUERSHAM,
j. afford,
w. r. coI^UITT,
K. A. MBBET,
MARK A. COOPER,
THOMAS BUTLER KING,
EDWARD J. Of.AUK,
LOTT WARREN.
Q'j VVu received no Slips hy tiie Express Mail j
yesterday, from either North nr South.
Health of C harleston.
The number of deaths in Charleston during
the week ending on the 3d instant, was fid—4U
of which died of the prevailing Fever.
Charleston Klections.
At an election held on Monday last, for Mayor
of the city of Charleston, Iho lion. Henry L.
Pinckney, the present Mayor, was rc-electcd.
The Hanks in Charleston resumed specie pay.
ments on the Ist inst., accordirgto a resolution
on that subject. We learn there was no demand
(iir specie, except in very small amounts for pur
puses of change. At some of the banks there
was no demand at all.
Charles J. Ingersoll, the gentleman who, some
years since, said he "would have been n Tory"
if he had lived at the time of the Revolution, has
been nominated for Congress by tbe Loco Focos
of Philadelphia. Ho is a very suitable candidate
for ibal parly.
The Clicrohees,
The Western Georgian of the 28lh contains
the following information in relation to lire Chc
rokees;
“ In a former number of nur paper wo noticed
the excitement which existed among iho Chero
kee* in relation to their removal by Ross; the
greater part of whom had declared a decided pro
fercuce to be removed by the Government. This
excitement had not ahaled, but ratber increased,
and will, it is thought, have a tendency greatly
to embarrass and retard their removal. Unless a
reconciliation is brought about between the two
parties, ncl that speedily, another suspension will
ensue, us vve presume the agents of the Govern
ment would not consent to their departure under
existing circumstances, even i( they were willing
to leave ; which is no* the case, there being a
goodly number of respectable men among them,
determined not to emigrate under present arrange
ments. Repeatedly disappeared in their expert,
(aliens, the common Indians have lost all confi
dence in Ross, and will no longer lamely submit
to his impositions, or willingly trust (heir /.'iinihes
to his protection.”
“Since writing lire above, we learn that some
six hundred had left Iho encampment, and were
making their way back to North Carolina, deter
mined not to emigrate under Ross’ agency.”
The Cassville Pioneer, of the same dale, in
corroboration ol the above, says:
“ Ity a gentleman just from the Agency, we
learn, that about 1200 Cherukees have left that
place, and taken to the -woods. These Indians,
we understand, are of the Ridge or treaty parly,
and consequently are not in lavor of ueing reino.
veal by Ross.”
The Southern Recorder speaking of the above
rumor, says :
“ Should these reports unfortunately ho con
firmed, v hat a heavy accountability will rest
upon the. heads of Mr. Van Huron and his mer
cenary advisers ! It was we believe in his last
letler to the Secretary of War, pending the cxe.
cution of the Treaty, that Governor Gilmer de
clared, that he had lost all confidence in John
Ross, and prophetically it would scorn, forewarned
the Department that he was too dangerous
and subtle an agent to be entrusted witlr
lire, management of the affairs of the Cberokees—
yet, notwithstanding, it appears that the great
responsibility of their removal has been entrusted
to his superintendence. On the 14lh April, Gov.
Gilmer, in alluding to tbe conduct of Ross
writes Mr. Poinsett as follows:
“ 1 send you an extract of a letter just received
from Ross, in answer to a communication which
I addressed him at the same lime I wrote to you.
/ am convinced that I was mistaken in my
endeavor to make him an instrument for doing
good. The loss of all ho/ics of attaining the
co-operation of /toss in removing the Cherukees,
has added to my anxiety Unit the most ample
means should he used to secure our citizens
from the effects of his machinations.”
The letler from which the above is extracted
wtis written, lot it be remembered, nearly two
months previous to the time for carrying the
treaty into execution—and, in the language used, I
it will bu seen that the Government, through its j
War Minister, Was forewarned—emphatically
forewarned—of the machinations of Ross. For
whatever, then, of mischief or disaster may result
from the reported movements of lire Cherukees,
the General Government and its Party, we repeat,
arc alone and altogether accountable.”
[Communicated J
Mn. Editoii.— l yesterday morning read a
piece in your paper headed “Public Works,” and
signed by u writer who calls himself “Franklin,” ,
i which 1 shall not sutler to pass without some re. I
marks, us this writer, under the appearance of
religion and morality, has made the most wanton,
reckless arid unfounded charges against Northern
and Eastern cities, without any grounds to sup
port them, I have ever read. Ho is either totally
ignorant of those cities, or intentionally false.
Who ever heard of Iho poor people ol Europe
being contaminated in their morals, by working
on tbe public works at the North and East, and
living in Northern and Eastern cities, which this
writer asserts must bo manifest, from the “fact
that those who arrive direct from Europe, are
industrious, moral and temperate.” Really,
Mr. h ranklin, have you ever seen those that have
arrived direct from Europe?— if you have, you
know them to bo no belter than those who come
f,om the North and East. All writers have des
cribed these people in their own country, just as
we sec them every day ; and their worst fault is
said to be intemperance. As for your saying that
the Northern and Eastern cities and their cm
ployers “have most awfully trilled with their
morality, it shows you know nothing about how
wotk is carried on. There, as well as here, labor-
I l 'r» do pretty much as they please, so they do
lltcir work—and it one contractor don’t suit them
ithey go to another, nwd perhaps at another work
altogether, particularly at the North ami East,
where there have been a greater number of pub
lic works going on than hero —and llral llicir
morality is as little neglected there as here, or
any where else, the very advertisement ot E. '
While &, (Jo •, which you copy, will fully prove. ,
Who lias ever teen such an advertisement in ibis i
| part of tin; country 'l —Sir, I can hardly read j
1 your article without believing that there is some |
! very wrung feelings- in your bosom, towards the
North and East, which lias caused you to over,
lock truth and fuels —nor I cannot believe any
one of those poor people, w hoso lot is cast in so j
humble a sphere, would have the heart to have
penned such an article.
Contractors at the North and East, as well 4s
j here, are as independent as their employers, and
j would not submit to that dictation which Mr.
j Franklin advocates, any more than the men would
I submit to it from the contractors. Employers do
I not hire men to dictate, preach and force morality
and religion on them ; and however highly grati-
I lying it might bo to see them possess those qual
j ilies, they leave to their pastors and good men,
to do what they can by persuasion and example.
X.
Tint St lungers' Fever.
The following mode of treatment for the cure
of this disease, said to have proved very efficient
in former years, we copy from the Charleston
Courier of Tuesday last. It was the treatment
practiced by the Hev. Dr. Furman in 1817 and
1810, who met with the most extraordinary
success With ids patients:
. I mode of treatment -which has generally been
sHccefful for the cure of Yello w Fever.
If the patient be of a plethoric habit, or full of
hluod, and the symptoms run high, that is the
pains, heat and redness of the eye, with a hard
pulse, bleed moderately at the beginning, Uul
without delay, lake about three drachms of the
seneca snake root, and reduce it to a powder, put
it in a convenient earthen vessel, and pour to ii a
half a pint of boiling water, cover the vessel and
let the tea simmer before the fire about half an
hour, when it will be lit for use—tlien pul a dose
and a halt or two doses of salts, say four ounces
for an adult, into a vessel and pour on them as
much of the hot tea as will be sufficient to melt
them, and as soon ns the mixture is cool, give a
small wine glass full every twelve, fifteen or twen
ty minutes, until fifteen or Iweniy motions are
procured, or till lire stomach and bowels are well
cleansed, for it is of the utmost importance that
they he well emptied as soon as possible. Then
stop the use of tlie mixture and give the lea alone,
in the same quantity as before, but at tlw inter,
val of an hour and a half, observing to sweeten
it with sugar by which it will be rendered more
agreeable to the stomach. This is to be confirm,
eil until the fever and pains aro rcnlOvcd, which
is often clfccled in the course of twenty four
hours or less, fc-hould the first dose of the salts
arid lea mixed ho thrown up, and the body of the
patient bo found to be in a costive slate, it will be
proper to use injections early, in order to insure
and facilitate the operation of the medicine, as a
cathartic; and if. after the first evacuation and
the use of the tea for several hours, the body is
not kept sufficiently open, which may generally
be known by the redness of the eye, the often
siveness of the stools, a dry skin, a hard and
some times a feeble pulse, drowsiness or restless
ness, anil a disposition of the stomach to eject
the tea. jt will be proper to resort to the mixture
again, until free evacuations are procured, or (ill
the. pallet?i has live or six motions, then go on
with the tea iJone, as before. Dot should the
disease assume a putrid form and any matter of a
black or dark he ejected from the slo
macb or pass from the hcvt'cls, a nine wean nine
water alone or united with svVoet milk, may be
given in the intervals between ti.o limes of taking
die snake root; injections also may from lime to
time bo administered to advantage, when the skin
is dry and the patient uneasy, especially when
the 1 ody is not sufficiently open. When the fe
ver goes oil" it will be proper to give small doses
of Colombo root, (say live grains) at the interval
of an hour and a half, and if they set well on
the stomach, and the patient feels invigorated, the
dose may he augmented to leu grains. But should
there he a return of the fever, this medicine must
bo laid aside, and the Snake root used as before.
When the disease is evidently in its putrid stage,
the Virginia or Small Snake root may be used to
advantage, with which, in certain cases, the de
coction of bark may be combined, a weakness of
the pulse and a general debility of the patient will
point out the propriety of this combination.
When in the first stage tbe lever is high with a
distressing heat and dry skin, it will bo proper to
give a few grains of nitre every hour or two, and
to wash (he hands, face and feel in cold water se
veral times a day. The application of cold water
to the forehead, by means of a linen cloth, seve
ral limes folded, when the head is much affected,
hut especially if there is a delirium, is of exccl
j lent use. The cloth, during this stale of things,
| should he frequently immersed in the coldest vva
j ter that cun he procured, hut when perspiration
commences, this application and the washing
must he laid aside. The clysters mentioned above
may he of lire usual kind, of very thin gruel, to
which may he added a little Molasses and Oil,
nnd.a small quantity of .Salts, or it may ho made
|of Mallow or Mullau lea, with the addition of a
| litlie Oil and Salts. Should a slate of extreme
debility take place, the Small Snake toot lea with
| the decoction of hark may ho I [jeered. The pa
tient from the first, may freely drink cold water
during the fever, and lake lor nourishment, good
[Hire gruel, roasted apples, and any ripe fruit of
easy drges’ion.
( oitoNcus lliit’oiiT.— An inquest was held
on Thursday last, (30lh August,) over the body
ot Aimer .luslis, who was found dead in an out
building, on Mr. S. Winkler’s wharf. He had
in bis hut an honorable discharge as a corporal
ii> (’apt. Felix Ansarl’s company, D,3d Kegt. of
| Artillery, dated at Fort Constitution, N. H., 9th
day of January, 1830, and signed A. Urockoribo
rough, Ist Incut. 3J Artillery, commanding com
pany.
lie re enlisted as a private in the same com
pany, and had an honorable discharge, dated at
Fort Constitution, N. 11. 9th day of November
1834, signed Felix Ansart, Major 3d ilegt. At ’
tillcry, commanding.
He was horn in the town of Now Port, county
of Newcastle, in the State of Delaware.—
vtmnah Georgian.
Aaait I A n s AMI A.NTiauiTiKs.—During (he
cruise of the Constitution along- the Mediterra
nean, for the object ot improving the breed of
animals at home, Com. Elliot procured a small
stock of superior Arabian and Andalusian horses,
and extra sized jennies and jacks of marked
neauty, and of the best blood of the country
1 hey were obtained with great difficulty, and
brought home at much hazard ; but all this yield
ed to the benefit which the country would derive
by their introduction into the United States. The
commodore has also brought with him a few of
the broad tailed Syrian sheep, valued for their
quality of mu ton and thetr quantity of fleece.
In addition to there, he has some valuable wheal
and grass seed, the introduction of which will
doubtless turn out of important use to the farm
interests at home.
Tbe antiquaiian societies will f.d obliged to
tbe commodore fur tbe rare and numerous ancient
t om* which he has been at the trouble of collect
mg abroad, ami intended for the different public
institutions at home. —Boston Travelhr
From the AVir York Herald..
Money Market.
Friday, August 31.
The market (or bills on England opened with
sales of first rate bills, at 9' per cent. The mod
crate demand existing, however, caused the rato
: early to decline to 9 a U,| per cent, at which soles
I wore current. On France sales wcie made in
i most instances at f. 5. 22A per dollar. The opin
ion is now generally entertained that exchange for
i a long lime to come, cannot go over per cent
i which is a little above par, as the banks have not
I only large amounts of cotton to draw against, but
! there is also a heavy amount of stale slocks gold
j recently, the proceeds of which are to be drawn
lor, and the demand is by no means largo. The
sale 0f2.50,000 sla'e stocks, which was to bate
taken place yesterday at public auction, to aid in
the construction of the Auburn and Syracuse Rail
Road, lias been postponed until the 13th proximo.
This slock bears an interest of five per cent per
annum, payable quartetly at the Phonix Rank,
the principal reimburseable at the pleasure of the
legislature after twenty years.
Wall street does hot as yet recover from the
inactivity which it has displayed for the last few
weeks. Money continues very scarce.
A further depression has prevailed at the Stock
Exchange this day ; sale., nave been limited amt
prices in most cases have recede I. United Slates
Hank fell nil percent; Delaware & Hudson t
per cent; Mohawk declined slightly, also Now
Jersey Railroad ; Patterson declined per cent;
Stoning uii closed 1 percent undot the prices of
yesterday.
Domestic exchange continues improving, and
country funds of all kinds are scarce particularly
southern. Phis is a natural consequence of tho
resumpnoh, ® ,1( I will be but temporary.
Jhe John W. Cater, from Kingston, (Jam.)
bason hoard about ten thousand dollars in silver
to different firms of this city.
, Saturday, Sept. 1.
Iho depression at tho Stock Market continues
although the sales have been extensive chiefly on'
tmie Delaware and Hudson recoiled } per cent;
Stale Dank, | percent; Farmers T. fell olfj per
cent; Patterson declines percent, also Stoning.
lon. Sales of Treasury nolos at j premium.
The next Congress.
There is no opposition to any of our Delc«
gallon in Congress who voted in favor of the
separation ol Bank mid Slate, while tho three
who voted on the other side with the Nation.
a '.s wi'l be opposed.— [Charleston Mercury.
Wonder it Urn blush of shame did not snf
lusothe cheek of the Mercurv in makintr this
announcement, so discreditable to Hie to
which it, belongs 1 All of the Sta’e Rights
b^lr V t' h M Wlll ? 0 Vr On A S r e,U t 0 be Pansier red
by Mr. Calhoun to Mr. Van Buren.aseo many
personal chattels, are to he hunted down—a.*
chanty is to be exercised towards them, no
quarter is to he given to them ; while the pro
clamatiomsls,the “Rogues” and ‘Royalists"
are taken to the bosoms of these immaculate
genJemen. 1 hey tolerate no brother who
differs with them in opinion, but visits him.
with the harshest persecution ; while they are
t lie most vociferous in their complaints of the
iHthorahry and uncliarilableness of others. Il
lustrating by their conduct the truth of the old
saying : “One reuegrade is worse than ten
Forks.”
We know that some of Mr. C’s adherents,
who are Urns persecuting the old Slate Rights
party, affect to be impelled by great princiule*
prelend that they have no desire for them to
support Mr. Van Boren. But they take es
pecial care, wherever they have the power, to
persecute unto death every man of them who
wiU not give in his entire adhesion to ihe party.
Sim months since, no greater insult could
be put Upon these same gentlemen, (the Mer
cury among the rest) titan to intimate that
d T ,,8 ,. i r tl, ° su »Port of the ad
ministration^. —Ihehrnond WhUt.
Tlie following intelligence we copy from tho
1 iqua (O.) Courier of the 18th ins).
••Another Removal Os Deposited
We are credibly informed that Uncle Sum’s
I. .7vm aiUry at Ttoy ! 1,111,18 co ' failed the
i ost Office, was, on Thursday night last, rob
bed ot all tlie cash on dcyosile, (about 700 in
specie.) and then set on fi.o—destroying all the
letters, papers and accounts theirein contained,
Vrom Ihe N. T. Evening Tiar.
1 lie Pastor—An Asiatic Uegend,
i ho members of a certain Church,*
After a critical research
Ol precedents and ancient forcV
Resolved to pay their tithes no more’,-
Unless the priest would undertake
i'be weather to their minds to make, I
Whether twas in his power or not H
( I he summer had been sultry hoi) M
And then, it seems, nem. con. resolved fl
J hat the relation was dissolved 0
Between their pastor and themselves; - 0
\\ liicli clone, behold the cunning elvea fe
Applying to the Eastern Magi, ||
Who view each question with a sage eye, K
To send them one to he install’d ; I
The man, of course, was duly call’d , fj
And readily agreed, we find, ” l|
’J’o suit the weather to their mind, f ■
And never was before, I ween ’ I
So popular a preacher seen.
A day was fixed—the people meet,
And one another kindly greet • V
Each having written out his views %
And named die weather be would choose; i
I be new-made pastor took bis place,
And read tho scroll with modest grace, :
But started with surprise, to CniT ’
No two precisely of one mind.
“My friends,” he says, “,| lis w j|| not j 0 t
Who can give ram and dryness loo?
V ou’rc asking here for curious weather
M ei, dry, hoi, cold, and all together ! i
Wc must adjourn, till all agree
What sort of weather it must be !
And when we meet again, I shall ! -i
Be sure to please the whole cabal.” t
NOT GAY. S'
* J’bero were formerly Seven Churches in Asia '4.
.. ,Sam Wei.eehi.s.m.s,—New similes peon- ■!,
lartofilr. Burton’s performance of “Sam K|
Weller, m tlie comedy of that name. Sh 3
•’ \ ou don I mean nothin’ friendly, you don't.
as tiro rat said to the cat ven she hit him in
the back.” fi\
“I’m for ri« : ii ’ in the world, ns the balloon
said to the hag of sand; and I must lake care Hn
tliat 1 am not hurst in Ihe process, as the bag Ex
ot sand said to (lie balloon.” Wm
“1 11 penetrate his heart if sic has one, as
tlie mouse said ven lie nibbled Ins vay thru
tlie cheese.” H
•*Ve tire all here, and quite ready fur yon, I
as tho fleas said to lire old voman vol had just
got buck to her own bed, after sleeping out H
lor a week.” Bs
•*\ c don t often see the likes of von in our
part ot tlie world, as flic devil said ven uuc ol Ja
his imps handed him an ice cream.”
•*\ en J vanis you I knows t here lo Ad 11
you, as the spider said to the fly ven he vovoH|
ins veb all around him to perweut his caick-^B
ing cold.” m
“I’ve seen you votice, and 1 don't van' I'M
see yon again, as the sick gentleman said il
the devil ven he called on linn one vet aftci-B
noon.”
“Vc don’t vanl too many in this concern t'H