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Saturday Evening, Feb. 11, 1837.
DIN NER Td gen. clinch.
Last evening we had the pleasure of attending
the dinner, given by the citizens of this place, to
that distinguished and worthy officer Gen. Clinch;
and such a dinner wc have never witnessed be
fore. Wc do not mean the dinner itself, the eat
ables, &c. which were of the very best, nor do
we allude to the number who partook, although
V the House was full; but we speak of the feeling
which animated the entire assembly—the enthu
siam which pervaded every bosom, and the grat
ification which was visible in every countenance.
A large number of toasts, regular and volunteer
were given, very many of which were in the high
est degree complimentary to Gen. Clinch, and
the Volunteers who went last winter to the Flor
ida war. After the third regular toast, the Gen
eral rose to address the company ; he evidently
labored under feelings deeply affected both by
the associations called to mind, by the toast and the
devoted affection for him which it expressed for
his kindness to the young' Volunteers who serv
ed under him. Ho returned his thanks to the
company for the honor conferred upon him, and
passed a high compliment on the courage, discip
line and soldierly conduct of the two Companies,
the Richmond Blues and Hussars, bearing the
" the best and most honorable testimony to the
promptitude with which they encountered the
swamps and hammocks and ponds of Florida, un
der a scorching sun, and almost without provis
ions. He concluded by offering a sentiment in
unison with those which ho had spoken in his
address—he toasted the two Companies, and took
his seat amid the deafening and long continued
applause of the whole house.
Captains Robertson and Bones were also toast
ed, and returned their thanks for the compliment
paid them, and the manner in which it was re
ceived by the company.
During the evening a number of patriotic and
amusing songs were sung, which were very much
applauded. Among them was a parody on “Auld
Lang Syne,’, written by a gentleman of this place,
in allusion to Camp Lang Syne, at Gen. Clinch’s
plantation in Florida, which was the head quart
ers of the troops under him, from this section of
Georgia. The enthusiasm with which it was re
ceived and applauded as well as its fitness for the
occasion induces us to give it a place below.
PARODY ON
“ATTI,O LANG SYNE.”
Addressed by the Volunteers from Augusta to
(JEW CLINCH, and sting at the Dinner
given to him on 10.7 i Feb, 1837.
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
And never brought to mind 1
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
And days o’ “Camp Lang Syne I”
CHORUS.
For auld Lang Syne, my dear
For auld Lang Syne,
« We’ll take a cup o’ kindness yet,
For auld Lang Syne.
We twa hac ran about the swamps,
And through the hammocks fine ;
And we’ve wandered many a weary foot,
Round “Camp Lang Syne.”
For auld Lang Sync, &c.
We twa hae paidl’t i’ the ponds,
Frae mornin sun till dine ;
And many a rifle round us roar’d
Near “Camp Lang Sync.”
For auld Lang Sync, &c.
And here's a hand my trusty friend,
And gie us a hand o’ thine ;
And we’ll take a right quid wille waught,
For “Camp Lang Syne.”
For auld Lang Syne, Ac.
And sure ye’ll bo your glass o' wine,
And surely I’ll be mine ;
And we’ll take a cup o’ kindness yet
For “Camp Lung Sync.”
For auld, &c.
Not being able to procure all the toasts given
at the dinner to Gen. Clinch last evening, in lime
for to-days paper, we think it best not to publish
any poition until wo can get the whole.
The letter from Gen. Jrckson in an other part
of our paper, to the Committee of investigation
appointed under Mr. Wise’s resolution, will strike
•the reader with some surprise, il'jany act of Gen.
Jackson’s could have that effect. It exhibits a
- contempt for the authority and proceedings of
Congress in every way wot thy of him whose ad
ministration for the last four years has been a
continued series of acts all lending to engross the
whole power of the government in his own hands.
The letter was written in reply to some resolu
tions of the Committee, requesting the President,
and requiring the Heads of Departments to fur
wish them with information touching the man
( agement of the public offices. As usual, he
throws himself between his underlings and all dan
ger, trusting to his popularity to shelter both
them and himself from indignation, by attempt
ing to bully the Committee out of a proper per
formance of their duties.
From the Constitutionalist of this morning.
CREEK DISTURBANCES.
We are enabled, by the attention of Gov
ernor Schley, to give the following extract
ofa letter received by linn by the Express
Mail from the Executive Department at Mtl
ledgeville, dated February 9,1837, which con
tains the latest intelligence front the seat of
war. It is to be hoped that veryshorlly the
■disturbances ofthe Creek Indians will be en
tirely quelled, and that they will be induced to
emigrate in a peaceable manner to the oilier
side of the Mississippi. If all tins is accom
plislied, much will be duo to the vigilance of
our Executive, to the alacrity with which our
citizens repaired to the-frontier to meet dan
ger mill privation.
“The news fromthe seat of war this morn
ing is that about sixty Indians have come and
gave up their arms, and that, by this time, it
is very probable theexcitement has subsided.
Gen. Wood is the hearer of this intelligence
and who is direct from Columbus. He fur-
Alter says, that there are troops enough on the
Govvagccsjfor every purpose, and that more arc
not wanted. I gave the orders to Wood and
Robinson bvfore I heard this: it will however
do no harm. Jernigan has joined Gen. Well
, born with a company from Stewart. I write
this in order that you may not hurry yoursell
in returning home in your feeble state,”
, Tho Allowing lines came to us in a letter from
an unknown hand, enclosing a five dollar bill, to
pay for the publication. Wc arc not in the habit
of charging for such things, and certainly, should
not have made any charge for this, but as the
writer has thought proper to tender pay, wc
know not what better course to pursue, than to
accept it, placing at the same lime to the credit
of bis uqknown name, a character for liberality
which is to bo found in but few.
For tho Chronicle A Sentinel.
FAT E .
Fatk. thou art my master, friend and
Guide. I wouldjnot thee forsake, for
All other tilings, however dear
I've tried thee long—l know thy power,
I know thou art the best friend es man.
\V hen led by thee, I fear no harm, for
Thou art tho God that governs all
Oft have I smiled at man’s impotent
Attempt to slay the mighty hand of Fate.
He, who attempts to arrest his mighty arm,
Knows not his power, and must suffer
By such imprudent act.
When first I was by him caressed,
1 spurned, with indignant air, the
Hand outstretched to guide mo
Through life’s intricate paths.
1 saw tho frown upon his brow, and
Haughtily his lip was curled— -
Then I knew not Ids power, therefore
I bid defiance to his threatening looks ;
But ah I soon I felt his heavy hand—
Soon 1 heard those heart rending words,
“Depart thy native land—leave all those
Objects, which yon prize so dear, and
Go with me into a foreign land ”
Tneso words filled my heart with anguish
And despair, for note, I know his power.
When being hurried from my native
Home, f seized, with agonizing grasp,
Every object that I passed.
First, friendship’s hand I held so fast,
That soon the tender sinews broke,
And freed it from my grasp.
No animal, tree, or other living thing
Was passed, but I saluted it with
A friendly grasp: ’till last at all,
Tho tenderspiros of grass could hear
Testimony to the agony of soul.
When now all my youthful ties were
■Severed, one prayer I tillered, (“Taka
Next my life,”) and fell, exhausted
By efforts more than human, into
Fate's then hated arms.
When recovered from (hat tremendous
■Shock, which rent asunder all earthly
Ties, 1 found myself alone with Fate
Fardistmt Cora my native homo.
Long did 1 murmur at his decrees,
And beg him to release my chains;
But all was vain—l found it useless
To complain. By slaw degrees, ho
Taught me to submit to his irrevocable
Decrees And now I love his ways—
Now, I would not him forsake, for
All other things, however dear.
7.
Augusta, ?oh. 10, 1837.
Pick Pockets.—We would caution citizens
to he careful to avoid the depredations of these
villains, as it is supposed that a number of them
arc now in the city. On Saturday night last,
two persons wore arrested, charged with having
abstracted a purse from the pocket of a gentle
man, containing, a sum of money—they were
committed to jail, but subsequently gave bail for
their appearance. — Charleston Courier, Feb. 9.
From the Savannah Georgian, Feb. 9.
LATEST FROM ENGLAND—DIRECT.
Tho ship Governor Troup, Captain Alexander,
arrived yesterday from Liverpool, putting us in
possession of papers of that city to the 28th ol
December, inclusive, four days later than before
received.
We fin’d little of any interest in those papers,
apart from the commercial extracts, furnished
below.
For some extracts of letters, received in this
city, we are indebted to commercial houses.—
The shipping intelligence will he found under
the proper head.
Northern and Central Bank'. —We have this
day to announce the completion of a second ne
gociation that has been for some lime on the
tapic, between tho Bank of England and the
Northern and Central Bank. Our readers are
aware that tho Directors of the Bank of England
agreed about three weeks ago, to advance 500,-
QUO/, to the Northern and Central Bank, to ena
ble the latter to meet the demands upon her. The
persons who managed this negoctalion on tho
part of the provincial Bank stated that this sum
would he more than sufficient for (he purpose re
quired, and that it would not, in fact, he neces
sary to draw for a considerable part of it. It
soon, however, turned out that tho Managers of
the Northern and Central Bank had, from igno
rance of the real state of affairs, (for wc do not
suppose that they would knowingly have made
a false statement,) most materially undcrated the
real extent of their liabilities; and that, instead
of 500.001)1. being sufficient to rescue them from
impending bankruptcy, at least double that sum
would bo necessary. Under such circumstances,
and after having been so grossly deceived, the
• Bank of England might fairly have declined
making any further advance. But to avert, if
possible, any inconvenience, she has come for
ward a second time.
She has prudently, however, stipulated that
the entire management of the affairs of the Nor
thern and Centra! Bank should bo committed to
' her agents, and that tho Bank should enter into
, no now engagements, of any kind whatever, till
every existing claim upon her by the public and
the Bank of England has been paid off. 'The
debts due to the public arc to he first paid ; then
the advance made by tho Bank of England; and
last of all, the debt due by the Bank to its Lon
don agents. The latter objected to this arrange
ment ; hut the Bank of England most properly
made it a sine qua non of her coming forward.—
London Courier.
TWENTY-FOURTH CONG HESS.
SECOND SESSION.
House ok Rf.piieskxtatives, Fob. 6.
ABOLITION.
Mr. Adams rose and said he had a petition
from 22 persons who declared themselves to he
slaves. He wished to know, by decision ofjhc
Chair, whether it came under the rule of the
■ House directing certain petitions to he laid on
the table. He should retain the petition till the
question was cecided.
Mr. Lewis said it was in the power of the
House to punish this attempt to present a peti
tion from slaves to this House. It it was not in
. our power wo had better go home. [Several
gentlemen here cried out, that the member form
Massachusetts ought to be instantly expelled from
the House.]
Mr. Alford said the moment the petition was
presented and came within the reach ofthe House
he should move that it he taken from the files, and
burnt He called on Southern members to support
him in this course. If this slate of things waste
ho tolerated, the. Union would not last long.
Mr Patton rose to remark that a petition pre
sented by Mr. Adams, tins morning, from Freder
ickshurg, Vs. was genuine. Thc.lrad.examincd it
and found it to he so; hut it was signed by tree
| mulatocs ofthe most infamous character.
!- Mr. Thompson, of S. C. rose to ask the mem-
B her from Massachusetts to present his petition
[I rom slaves, or to move its reading. He would
bring himself within a resolution of a personal
character which he held in his hand—(a rcsolu
a tiun, expelling .Mr. Adams from the House.)
a Mr. Patton moved to suspend the rules in or
t dcr to enable him to introduce a motion relative
to the petition from Fredericksburg, Va., present
ed by Mr. Adams. The question was taken by
5 yeas and nays and decided in the affirmative.
» Mr. Thompson of S. C. moved that Mr. Ad
, ams he the bar ofthe House and receive
t the severe censure of the Speaker for having insul
ted the House by attempting to present a petition
r from slaves. [Now under discussion halfpast 3.]
House ok Rephesentatives, Tucsdav, Feb. 7.
CENSURE OF MR. ADAMS.
The House resumed the consideration of the
following Resolutions yesterday offered by Mr.
Thompson of S. C.
Resolved. That the Hon. JOHN QUINCY
ADAMS, by an effort to present a petition from
slaves, has committed a gross contempt of this
House.
Resolved, That tho member from Massachu
setts, above named, by creating the impression,
and leaving the House under such impression,
that said petition was for the abolition of slavery,
when he knew it was not, has trilled with the
House.
Resolved, That the Hon. John Quincy Adams
receive the censure of the House for his conduct
referred to in tho pteceding resolutions.
Mr. Jenifer referred to the statement in tho
Globe of this morning, that Mr. A. did not pro
sent or offer to present tho petition.
Mr. Adams said lie did not present or offer to
present the petition. The statement of the Globe
was correct. He asked the Speaker, ho said,
whether a petition purporting to be from slaves,
came under the order of the 10th ultimo. The
Speaker’s reply he wished and had not yet re
ceived. He did not say tnat it was a petition for
the abolition of slavery.
H it had been a petition for the abolition of sla
very, from slaves, he might not have presented it,
without much hesitation. The mere circumstance
of the petitioners being slaves would not have
prevented him from presenting the petition. He
felt bound to be explicit on this point. If the
House chose to censure him for this declaration’
he was willing to submit to it. If slaves were to
send him a petition, of a nature unreasonable and
unjust, he would exert his discretion in regard to
the matter, and withhold it. What was a petition!
a supplication from an inferior to a superior pow
er—such as we all, both bond and free, address
to the Almighty. Any petition of a reasonable
nature he would present and consider, no matter
from whom it might come. If a horse, or a dog,
had the power of speech, and should request him
to present a petition for more comfortable quarters
he would present it, if the House would allow him
to do so. If lie was brought to the Bar of the
House, he hoped ho should ho heard in his de
fence. But he look this opportunity to say that,
whatever was the opinion of the gentleman from
S. (Carolina, i.e had no disposition to trifle with
the House. As an evidence of it he did not fol
low the impulse of his feelings,which would have
led him to present tho petition, at once, without
asking leave of (he House, hut he asked tho Chair
whether ho could present it—The Chair said it
was a question that was new to him, and that
he must refer to tho proper authorities. That
answer kc still wanted, and, by it, he intended to
he governed.
Mr. Jcrnifer protested against tho doctrine of
the gentleman. The right of petition presupposed
the power to remedy tho*grievance'complamed of.
This House had no power to abolish shivery, e
ven if they were disposed to grant the prayer of
slaves petitioning for it. If the gentleman had pre
’ aenlcd his petition from slaves he should vote
without hesitation for the resolution of censure
’ Let the gentleman then present his petition which
’ he claims the right of doing, and I will vote, not
’ only for tho resolution, but for the expulsion of
’ tho member.
Mr. Jernifer expressed his regret that a gentle
man who had filled so high a station in the coun
try, and who represented one of the oldest States
in ihc Union, should pursue a course so hostile
to the peace of Ihc House and of tho country.
Mr. Dromgoole ollcred a substitute for the rcso
’ lutioii under consideration declaring that Mr. Ad
' ams, having brought to the notice of the Houses,
petition from slaves and given room to tho idea
! that slaves have the right of petition and avowal
his willingness to be their organ,he serverely con
’ sured hy the Speaker, in presence of the House a
Mr. Elmore expressed the hope that the South
ern members, without any division of sentiment,
’ would vote for this resolution. It was time for
them to forgot their own divisions, and unite in
r opposition to this first attempt to introduce a peti
tion from slaves.
’ Mr. Pickens express ’d his gratification at the
unanimity of feeling manifested on this subject by
■ tho members from the South.
[ Mr. Lawler said ho understood the purpose of
j the gentleman from Massachusetts to give a prac
tical evidence of the absurdity of sending all pe
titions to tho table ; and that he did not attempt
, to present it.—Now he understood the gentleman
[ to say that he would present it if the Speaker
’ should decide that it could be presented. It would
he obvious to all that if a slave could petition for
one thing they could for another. Let the prac
tice he once commenced, and it would put an end
j- to the peace and harmony, and in fact to the exis
tence of the Union. The gentleman must know
too that much had been tolerated in him, in de
' fercnce to his age and former station that would
’ not be endured from any other man.—The gen-
I Roman had even been suffered to say hero that,
! in the South, there was an “ unnecessary ami
[ cowardly panic ” on this subject. He said he
would like the gonllcman to get some responsible
.’ endorser for this assertion. Ho denied the truth
j of that assertion. There was no panic at the
j- South. It was a find and false calumny. All
the South asked was that the abolitionists would
mind their own business.
t The debate was continued by Messrs. Robert
soft, Alford, Lawler, Halsey, Pickens and Lin
j coin, and no decision was arrived at when this
, report was closed, at half past three.
I Messrs. Robertson and Lincoln opposed the
I resolution. The others above named advocated it.
! Extract from tile Correspondence of
- (lie N. V. Courier & Enquirer.
Mr. Wise’s committee to investigate into the
. state of the departments, met yesterday. They
f received a letter from Gen. Jackson in reply
. to the questions transmitted to him by their
Chairman. It is said to he a curious docu
ment. From the document itself, it appears
that the President was fully informed not only
of the person who offered resolutions, but of
the amendments which those resolutions hail
undergone. On reading it, therefore, some
i enquiry was made ; whereupon Mr. Mann of
1 New York, slated, tiial he had given the Pres
' idem ihe information which he possessed in
- relation to the transactions of the Committee.
> On further enquiry, Mr. Mann added, that
2 the President informed him before ho wrote to
the Committee, that he intended to have cer
-2 tain opposition||membeiß of Congress called
before them and examined. Accordingly, in
1 pursuance of this determination ofthe Presi
* dent, Mr. Mann lias designated several mem*
1 hers to be summoned : among the number,
1 Mr. Bell ami Judge While of Tennessee.
Thus, you perceive the style and manner in
5 which this investigation is like ly to progress
j The letter addressed to Mr. Wise I have
. said is a curious document. It is so. From
j its tenor, it appears to speak to him—as Chair.
man nf the Committee—as a representative of
j. the House —and as a private person. The
Committee, I am informed, have permitted
it Mr. Wise to take a copy of it, and to do with i
■> l it as he pleased. If I have not mistaken his |
; character, lie will handle the “Grenetc. t and !
• the Best” without mittens. No official an
i swer has yet been ordered.
I Under date of the 86th of January 1837,
I Gen Jackson replies to the interrogatories
• propounded by the Committee (through their
Chairman Mr. Wise,) appointed to investi
gate the frauds, &c. in the Executive depart
-1 ments. The substance of them may be found
in my letter of the 28J July. They are four
in number, ami
Ist. Ask the sums paid for printing! A
statement of each ilern and to whom paid ! &c.
2d. The names of Officers, &’ c. which have
been employed and paid, without nomination
to the Senate? &c.
3d. lit what manner the contingent fund
has been expended ? &c.
4th. What salaries have been paid, if any,
without holding commissions ! And whether
commissions have been antidated ? &c.
I learn that there is some diversity of opin
ion whether Gen. Jackson’s lelteris addressed
tojMr. Wise personally oiofficially. The letter
is freely spoken of in different circles, and 1
have taken some pains to procure th • facts in
relation to its contents. I entertain no doubt
ofthe accuracy of my information.
The General commences by ncknowlcdg.
ing the receipt of a copy oftho interrogato
ries propounded by the Committee, lie then
details a history of tho proceedings in the
House of Representatives, in reference to tho
appointment of this Committee, as he finds
them in the newspapers. Ho says, yon (Mr.
Wise) originated the movement which has
“raised a direct issue with “that part of my
annual message, in which 1 hold the following
language,’' and then ho copies the highly
wrought compliment inserted in that message
to Ihe heads of departments.
Ho next proceeds to state, lhalMr. Wise
sustained his motion to appoint u committee,
by a long speech, in which hematic vague
charges of corruption and abuse in the Execu
tive departments. He says, that the interro
gatories of the Committee must bo taken in
connexion with tho resolution of the House,
and Air. Wise's speech ; and ho adds, that by
the resolution ofthe House, an issue is made
with the President ol the United States, ns ho
(the President) had said in his annual mes
sage, that the heads of departments hud per
formed tlicir official duties with ability and
integrity. He repeats, that Mr. Wise in Ins
speeches, had charged those officers with man
ifold corruptions and abuse of trust; and that
oilier members of the House, ns appears hy
the newspapers, had united with him (Wise)
in these accusations.
He says that tor tho purpose of ascertain
ing the truth or false head of these charges the
Committee was raised. He then complains
that the Committee passed a ser cs of resolu
tions, “ which though amended in their pas
sage, were, as uwlertlood, introduced by you"
(Wise) “ calling on the President and heads
ofthe departments for information,” assuming
that they have beerT guilty ofthe charges al
leged. Tito President next urges that “ spe
cifications" ought to be presented, and that
the resort to generalities is “an open viola
tion of the Constitution, and of tho established
maxim, that all men are presumed to Le inno
cent until proven guilty.;’
He adds—“ And this call purports to be
founded on the authority of llnu'midy, in
which alone, by the Constitution, the power
of impreaching is inyestod. The heads of de
partments may answer such a request as litey
please, provided, they do not withdraw their
own time and that of the officers under their di
reel inn from Ihe public business, In the injury
thereof To that business 1 shall direct them
In devote themselves, in preference to any illega
and unconstitutional calls for information, no
mailer from what source it may come, nr how
ever anxious they may be to meet i.” Am)
then tho General asserts, that he, for himself,
shall repel os such attempts, as ho "wouldlhe
establishment of a Spanish Inquisition."
General Jackson then says, that if :Mr.
Wise and his associates do not produce spe
cifications and chargee, he will call on the
committee to examine every member of Con
gress who has made charges against the heads
of departments, jib to what, they know of cor
ruption iin office, &c. If specific charges are
made, ho says every facility shall he granted
to investigate those charges.
He avers, that during the short period ho
is to remain in office, he will endeavor, as ho
has heretofore done, to fulfil the obligation of
the oath which ho has taken, “to protect and
defend the Constitution ofthe United States.”
He then says, that if specifications are not
made, Mr. Wise and his associates must be
regarded by the "good people," as the authors
of unfounded calumnies, and the public ser
vants stand “ fully acquiled.”
He closes, by expressing his astonishment,
that members of Congress should call for an
swers to the Expenditure of the Contingent
fund, and other branches of tho iiifoiirnlion
sought, when there are six standing commit
tees whose special duties are to examine into
these details, and then recommends the inves
tigating Committee to have recourse to the
documents on their tables.
Tub Spy in Washington.
From tho Constitiiliunalixt.
We have been requested to publish the follow
ing extracts of a letter from Savannah.
“ Few places are worse supplied with those
I vehicles of insttualion and amusement, the news
papers, than this, as I think an examination us
their usual contents will show, and none, in my
opinion, offers a better opening for an enterpris
ing and industrious editor, who will give us an
occasional racy paragraph and tho latest intelli
gence ; who will save his readers the nausea of
eternal doses of partisan polities, and pay some
little attention to tho occurrences which are pass
ing around and ahput them. Two events ol local
importance have recently taken place, which, as
neither of our well patronized dailies have noticed
or arc likely to notice, I will.
“In eonscquenccof a determination of the la
borers upon the Rail Road, in our neighborhood,
to turn out for a redress of real or imaginary
grievances, the police of Ihc city and the military
were placed under orders on Tuesday, as about
700 of them were expected in town on Wednes
day morning, whan riot and disorder, it was pre
sumed, would inevitably follow. On the morn
ing of the latter day, about 11 o’clock, an express,
came in, announcing that they were on tho march
when the signal, (a flag, suspended from the Ex
change Steeple,) was given, and the alarm-bell
rung. The citizens were on the alert, and in
about a half hour, between four and five hundred
men of the first regiment, armed to the teeth, were
drawn tip at the Canal Bridge, at the commence
ment of the Bail Road. By this time tho main
body of laborers, consisting of about 500 men,
gathering strength as it moved onward, was about
live miles from town, where it was met hy the
City Authorities, the Paster of the Catholic
Church, and others, by whose exertions the in
tended irruption was prevented. The President
of the Company did not grant any of the demands
of the complainants, excepting to receive a com
mittee from them two days thereafter. Had they
attempted to force a passage into the city, the
consequences might have been a subject of lasting
regret. In consequence of some misunderstand
ing relative to pay, the Rail Road Company have
had tire rates and regulation* printed, so that, I
trust, no can-e will hereafter arise from those of th®
men who have returned to work, to “fright the
town from its pr ipricty.’ and in a time of profound
peace, fill its streets with the “ pomp and circum
stance” of ajwiir, such as this threatened to ho,
had it not happily been prevented. Some of tho
i military were on duly during Wednesday night,
but the alarm and excitement has now (Sunday)
I entirely sulisidcd.
- “ The second incident, to which I have alluded,
took place on Saturday night. A New York
, peace officer, who had been as fir as Macon, on
s professional business, on Saturday infotmed the
r Mayor, and publicly stated, (hat a person named
. Hopper, who pul up at the City Hotel, was a vio
. lent and .active aholitionlisl, and had taken a
| conspicuous and zealous part on tho abolition
. side in the case or cases of certain slaves claimed
in New Y r ork by their owners. By 8 o’clock at
night, the excitement hud become rather serious,
and a number of individuals penetrated his room,
, and threats of that summary proceeding, termed
Lindt’s Law, were freely uttered. The Mayor
was called upon, and proceeded to examine tho
I trunks and papers of the accused, without finding
anything, I behove, immediately to criminate him.
He was placed in the Guard House for his own
1 safety that night, and, 1 understand, left town 1
next day, where for, I know not. Had the abo
lition tracts or pamphlets been found upon or with
him, tho code Lynch would inevitably have been
administered, as in the case of the Captain or Male
ofthe coaster lastwinter, who, hy his amalgamating
opinions and practices, earned for himself tho mi
en viable notoriety of a coat composed of tar and
cotton, and a hunt from Y’amncraw to his vessel,
from which ho never afterwards emerged, ol least
during his stay in this port,”
The I’rcsiiluiit’a letter lo Committee.
[Copy,] Washington City, Jan. 3(5, 1837.
Sta; I received on the evening of tho 21th
inst. your letter, covering a copy of certain reso
lutions, purporting to nave been adopted hy a
committee of the House of Representatives, of
which you are chairman, and request that you
will lay before that committee, this, my reply,
which I hasten to make.
It appears, hy tho published proceedings of
the HousCjOf Representatives, that the committee,
of which you arc chairman, was appointed on
your motion, Tho resolution offered hy you,
and finally adopted hy the House, raised a direct
issue with that part nf my annual message in
which I held the following language; “Before
concluding this paper, I think it due to the vari
ous Executive Departments, In hear testimony of
their prosperous condition, and to the ability and
integrity with which they (rave been conducted,
it has boon my aim to enforce in all of them a
vigilant and faithful discharge of tho public bu
siness ; and it is gratifying to mo to believe that
there is no just cause of complaint, from any
quarter, at the manlier in which they have ful
filled tho object of their creation.” Y’ottr resolu
tion is in the following words: “Resolved, That
so much ot tho President’s message as rotates to
tho 'condition oftho various Executive Depart
ments, the ability and integrity with which they
have been conducted, tho vigilant and faithful dis
charge of tho public business in all of them, and
the causes of complaint from any quarter, at the
manner in which they have fulfilled tho objects
of their location,'he referred to a seluit commit
tee, to consist ot irmo members, with power lo
send for persons and papers, and with instruct
ions to inquire into tho condition of the various
1 Executive Departments, the "ability and integrity
witlt which they have been conducted, into Ihe
manner in which the public business lias’ been
discharged in all of them, and into all causes of
complaint, from any quarter, at tho manner in
which said departments, or their bureaus or offi.
ces, or any of their officer's or agents of every de
scription whatever, directly or indirectly connect
ed with them in any manner, officially, in duties
pertaining to the public interest, have fulfilled or
failed to acaomplish the objects of their creation,
or have violated their duties, or have injured
and impaired the public service and interest; and
that said committee, in its inquiries, may refer to
such periods of time ns to them may seem expe
dient and proper.” It also appears, from the
published proceedings of the House, that this re
solution was accompanied and supported hy a
speech of considerable length, in which you pro
ferredfinnny severe hntvngno charges of corruption
and abuse in the Executive Departments. The
resolutions adopted by the committee, as well us
that adopted hy tho House itself, must ho taken
in connection with your introductory speech,
which gives a character to the whole proceeding.
When thus regarded, it is obvious that, hy tho
resolution of the House, an issue is made with
the President of the United Slates; as ho had
alleged, in his annual message, that the heads of
the Executive Departments had performed their
official duties with ability aifti Integrity. In your
speech yon denied this; you charged them with
manifold corruptions, and abuses of trust, as yon
had done in former speeches, to which you re
ferred; and you demanded on investigation
through tho medium of a commitee. Certain
other members of Congress, as appears by tho
published debates, united with you in these ac
cusations ; and for tho purpose of ascertaining
their truth or falsehood, the committee you de
manded was ordered to he raised, and you were
placed at its head. The first proceeding of ihc
investigating committee is to pass a series of
resolutions, which, though amended in their
passage, wore, us understood, introduced hy yon,
calling on tire President and the heads of the de
partments —not to answer to any specific charge
not to explain any alleged abuse ; not to give in;
formation as lo any particular transaction ; hut
assuming that they have been guilty ofthe charg
es alledgcd, calls upon them to furnish evidence,
against themselves!
After the reiterated charges you have made, it
was to have been expected that you would have
been prepared to reduce them lo specifications,
and that the committee would then proceed to in
vesligito the matters alleged. But instead of
this you resort to generalities oven more vague
than your original accusations, and in open vio
lation of the constitution, arid of that well estab
lished and wise maxim, "that all men are presum
ed to ho innocent until proven guilty, according
to the established rules of law,” you request my
self and tho heads of the departments to become
our own accusers, and lo furnish the evidence lo
convict ourselves; and this call purports to be
founded on Ihe authority of that body, in which
alone, by tho constitution, the power of impeach
ing us is vested I Tho heads of departments
may answer such a request as they please, provi
ded they do not withdraw their own time, and ■
that of the officers under their direction, from the
public business, to the injury thereof. To that 1
business I shall direct them to devote themselves,
ill preference to any illegal and unconstitutional
calls for information, no matter from what source
it may come, or however anxious they may he lo i
meet it. For myself, I shall repel all such at- 1
tempts as an invasion of the principles of justice 1
as well as of the Constitution; and I shall es- |
teem it my sacred duty lo tire people of the Uni- ,
ted States, to resist them as I would the establish- ■
merit of a Spanish inquisition. t
If, after all tire severe accusation* contained in '
the various speeches of your associates, you are
nriAvilling ol your own accord to bring specific
charges, then I request your committee to call ,
yourself and your associates, and every other
member of Congress who has made the general |
charge of corruption, to testify before God and 1
our country. whether you or ’they know of any j
specific corruption or abuse'of trust in the Exccu- ,
tiveDcpartments ; and if so, what it is. If you arc ,
able to point lo any ease where there is the slight, .
est reason lo suspect corruption or abuse of trust
no obstacle which I can remove shall ho int rpos- 1
ed to prevent the fullest scrutiny hy all legal '
means. The offices of all the departments will
ho opened to you, and every proper facility fur
nished for this purpose.
I hope, sir, we shall at last have your charges,
and that you will proceed to investigate them, not 1
like an inquisitor, but in the accustomed mode.
If you either will not make specific accusations,
or if, when made, you attempt to establish them
hy making freemen their own accusers, you will
not ex|icct mo to countenance your proceedings, i
In the short period which remains of my official
duly, I shall endeavour, ns I have heretofore en
deavoured, to fulfil the Obligations of that oath of i 1
office, hy which, I engaged " to the best of my 1 1
ability, to preserve, protect, and defend the Con- j :
stituUon of the United Btate j and for thi>, and
, other reasons of the most solemn character, I shall;
on tho ono hand, cause every possible facility,
consistent with law and justice, to be given to the
investigation of specific, tangible chatges, and on
the other, shall repudiate nil attempts to invade
the just rights of the Executive Departments, and
of the individuals composing the same. If, after
all your clamor, you will make no specific charges,
or bring no proof of such as shall he made, you
and venr associates must he legarded hy the good
people of tlie United States us the authors of un
founded calumnies; and the public servants
whom yo* have assailed will, in the estimation of
all honorable man. s'and fully acquitted.
In the mean lime, I cannot but express my as
tonishment that members of Congress should
ca 1 lor information as to the names of persons to
whom Contingent moneys are paid, and the oh
■ jecls of those payments, when there are six stand
ing committees under the seventy-seventh rule ol
the House ol Representatives, whose special du
ties are to ox'limine annually into all the details of
those expenditures in each of the Executive De
partments. The like remark is applicable to some
other branches ol the information sought hy yon,
ample details in respect lo which are to he found
in the reports laid before Congress, and now on
your files, and to which I recommend you to have
recourse.
I am, respectfully, Ac.
(Signed) ANDREW JACKSON.
To the Hon. Mkniix A. Wise,
Chairman of the Investigating C mmiltee
of ihe abuses and corruptions charged ogah.it
the Executive Departments,
I certify that this is a true copy liom the origi
nal sent.
Test: A. JACKSON, jun.
Private Secretary, Ac.
■■ run —i
< li.
From l evy’s New Orleans Price Current, Fob. 4.
Cotton —Arrived Mnct* (he 27th ultimo, 14,315
holes. Cleared in the same time: 23,812 halts;—
limiting a reduction in stock of 9617 hales, and leav
ing on hand, inelu.si /o of all on shipboard not clear
ed on the 2d instant, u slock of 102,058 boles.
For llie last. two da) a there ban been u lo'erubly
fair busmens doing in Cotton, but previous lotion,
time the quantity (hat had chang' d hands was quite
inconsiderable, the market maintaining • remarkably
still, qnij’t appearance ; indeed, it lias partaken very
much of this character through the whole tuna
Middling and Inferior Cottons, notwithstanding that
tho stock actually on sale is manlier than usual lor
the season, and tho grout reluctance which sellers
generally tiianileat lo give ground, have again suffer
ed a do* line of I cent or more.
Hoard of Broker's lit port ofthe Colton Market.
I.IVKIIPOOt. CI.AHSIFICATIO V.
Ordinary II a 12 ; middling 12t a 131 ; fair 14J a
Ibi ; good fair, 17 a 174 ; good and lino, 184 ; liiir
demand.
'4 ho business of the week amounts to 13,000 bales,
and a decline ol 1 a 4 cent has been bubuiilled loon
qnnltios below lair.
STATIC IUENT OF COTTON.
•Slock on band Ist Oct, 1830 Bales, 8702
Arrived this Week, Mdl.s
Arrived previously, 306303—319073
328380
Exported (bis week 23342
Exported previously £01880—225722
Flock on hand 102068
Sugar— New Oi loans : There is an abundant sup
ply on the Lovoo, demand Ihnilod and confined to
small lots. On plantation, hollers firm, some ask
ing more ihun 0 cents. Havana dull, not much
Brown to market, White is plenty
I oumiann, per lb. on plantation, 6 a Gl ; in the
City,64 n oi. Havana, While, II a 114; Brown,
1 ; F ( »»h N. O. Utlinory, 104 a l‘J; Lump, 13 a 16.
HAVANNAII MARKET. FEB. 9.
Cotton. —Arrived since the 2d instant, 2968 bales
Upland, md 116 bales •Sen Island, and cleared in tho
same lime 2818 bales Upland, and 23.) halos Foa Is
land, and leaving u stock on bund, inclusive ol all on
ship board, not cleared on (he 9th instant of 9507
bales Upland add 774 bub s Fen Island. Tho Upland
market was very dull until Tuesday, when the do
m ind became more gefieral, but ot prices 4 lo i ct.
under Inst vvocks quotations. Yesterday Liverpool
accounts direct to the 28th December ntr Ciov. Troup
was received which uro more favorable. The sales
have boon 3149 bub s at tho following prices, viz:
31 at 114, JH6 at 16,99 at J6|, 200 nl 164,120 wt 16f,
70 at 16!, 820 at 10, 30 at 10,’,208 at ICi, 290 at 10!,
230 at 104, 81 at 101, 290 at 101, 106 ut 17,08 m
17*, Ml at 174, 99 at 17 i Got 18.
UAI.TIMOUK MARKET. PRO. 7.
Flour.~~ Limited sales of Howard street Flour con
tinue to be made at 810,76 from stores. Tho wagon
price is $10,60, alt hough sunn? holders decline pay
in nl. Wales of extra Lily Mills at $10,374, on 00
and 90 days credit. Stoj.dard is hold at 810,26
market dull.
(train. —The balance of the Pauli's cargo of rod
Gorman Wheat Inqj boon sold at 82,26. A parcel
nl 300 bushel.-, prime rod Ohio, received via Now Or
leans. was sold yesterday at 82,30.
W hinkey, —The article is becoming scarce—sales
ofbhds. ui 41 cents and of bids, at 40 a 404 cents.
Ihc wagon price of bids, is 11 coins, exclusive ol the
bur cl,
From tho N. V. Daily Kxpross, Fob. 7.
City Nevvh, Monday, P. M.
The number < f carts before Iho doors ol the Batiks
to-dny, taking Speed*, impressed the Brokers and
others that a considerable quantity would be shipped
by the packet which sails day tiller tomorrow, We
have no idea that any amount of serious consequence
will go. To Kuglaml they are shipping Mexican
dollars, w Inch are difficult to bo b cl at bettor than
1' percent premium. To Franco, half dollar* are
taken, but as the Hanks prefer to pay Foreign gold,
it is dillicnit lo obtain silver.
PeltMonu uro pouring into the legislature for new
banks. It is pretty well understood, however, that
there are u sufficient number of members opposed to
granting charters, rmi to deft a the bunk applicants.
Wo notice a Pill bus been introduced into the
legislature of this Fimo to compel the Safety Fund
Banks to redeem their bills in tills city, and restiict*
ing the rate of F,\< bangcN to 4 p'r cent within the
•Stale. This is nn excellent law, ami ought long
since to have been adopted. Nearly all the banks
in tbu interior have b«en compelled by cireumstan- .
res to keeps funds in Albany, and to redeem their
hills there. The consequence has b<cn that (ho
N'baving Banks at Albany have purchased tho bills ]
ol the New-York Brokers at a d sconnt, and char
ges them over lo tho Country Hanks thereby muk*
nig a large profit out oftho operation. '1 his Bill will
effectually break tip this system of legal hunk shav
ing.
Ail the bills of tho multitude of banks in New F«n
gland arc parin every part of that extensive section
°( our country, because they an? redeemed in Boston.
•So i would be in tins >Scaic iflbcbills were redeem
-11 hero.
By the Governor Troup nt (Savannah.
Liverpool, Dee 24.—There Inv been a fair do
mend for Cotton the last few day* from consumers,
and an J per lb. advance paid on new (inlands. If
the present easterly winds prevail ano her vveeck,
they will recover nil that was lost in the Inst fort
night, winch was nearly id per lb. 7’be accounts 1
of the Manchester m irket ore favorable, and goods
ami yarns, of which the slock is light arc on the ad
vance. The stock of notion also in the bands ofthe *
trade is estimat 'd to bo small as compared with
w hat they held nl (bis lime last year,so that we may 1
heneelbrwiud count upon « regular demand and a 1
steady market
Jb e. 28.—W0 continue to have a fair, steady de
mand (or Cotton, with belter account® of the tr do in
Manchester, and supplies of new Upland being sus
pended by strong easterly wind*, that description is ]
not abundantly offered and is a shade higher, ns also i
good old cotton, and tho market for all kinds is more <
linn. 3’he sale* of Monday, tlie2oin inst., were up
wards oi 3 /1 00 bol- s—yesterday about 2000 bales,
and there is a fair demand to-dny. Tho turn out of
spinno r * at Preston continues.
Dec. 26.—Tho market is steady, but in prices
lber« is no alteration since Friday. Tho sales on i
Saturday were 2,000 bags, and to-doy, 3000.
Dec. 27.—Nn leg on .Saturday, 2000 bags ; Monday
3500, in which were 1200 new Bowed from lOd to
I Id. To-day, 2600 to 300, of which 600 arc middle
Atflcncan on speculation.
Arrived since Friday, ono vessel from New Or
leans.
1
On Saturday evening last, Mr. ROBERT H.
LAWLENCB,a resident of this city, and for
merly of Boston, aged 29 years.
ho friends and acquaintances of Mr. Fred
erick Marstov, and Mr. John W. Jfougbton, are 1
espcclfuUv invited to attend th« funeral nf th »for- t
mcr from the residence of Mr. Win. .Moody,on Broad *
street, between Lincoln and Houston streets, lo mcr- t
r*»\v niornuig, the* met at 9 o'clock* 1
Feb 11
A Bargain.
A NEW SODA WAtfH MACHINE, with two
fountain*, two Pump*, two Coolers, and aQ
olh»r apparatus belonging to its in torttplols order.—
I he machine is on an improved plan, and will b*
sold low. Apply at this odW
H M 35
Notice*
Wlf.L he rented and hired, oh Tuesday lh« Slat
instant, at the residence of the late Matharin
Verdery, r.sq., the following property, via:—the
I'arm, including the Garden and House, with all
their privileges; several Negroes, such at, one Car
penter, one or two House .Servants, and several
, i At the same lime Will be tola a saw
head of Cattle, House Furniture, and sundry forming
utensils. Terms made known on the da> Os gale.
ADELI.E l>.
AUGUST ITS’ N. VERDEHT,
~ , , L. P. DOGAS, Executors,
cob 11 j 5
T. S. The Constitutionalist will pleaso publish
ihe above every day, until the day of sale—then band
their accounts for settlement.
Sealed Proposal*
WILL bo received, (irail the 13th of March nest,
fur Ihe completion of the new Court ifous*
in Jarksouburough, AVrivon county ; a plan of which
can he seen hy applying to the Clerk. Ily order of
the Justices of the inferior Court of Said county
JOSHUA perry, Cik. I. a•. C.
Fpb 11 )m 35
The .Savannah Georgian will publish the above
once a vypek lor one month, and forward it* account
to Jncksonbom* for payment.
Police.
Af.f. persons are cautioned against trading fur two
notes of hand, one given by Mr. Ed word W.
Blunt Ihr the sum of .Ninety-Five Dollars, dated Ist
ol June I HUG, ami made payable to me or bearer ana
day after date. The other given by Mr. P«ye Loved
for Twenty Dollars, payable to me or bearer one
after date, and doled «tli October 1833 ; »• said notes
have been lost or mislaid. JA.S. MANNAHAN.
Waynesboro’ Fobs [Feb 11 1m 35
Check* on [\civ York,
IT' OK SALE, in sums to suit Purchasers, hy
’ HOLCOMBE, PECK, «i CO.
F.bC _ ft tO
Com at the Hirer*
SHOO BUSHELS Corn, for sole in qunntt
tics to suit purchasers, apply at the Hr*
or to JNO. B. OVim.rn
Feb 7 __ St 31
Notice.
\ MEETING of the Total Ahalinmee Soeittti
ul Richmond cuuniy, will lake place at this
Preshylorian lecture Room on Fkidat F.ikhiho,
the 10th inst. at 7 o’clock.
J. G. DUNI AP t Sto p.
Feb. 8 Jo
(slOVfk.
THE subscribers havcrcc’d a few dot suptviar
Hoskins Gloves ; bl’k and colored.
PRICE A MALLERV,
_ , Draper* & Tailor*.
Fob 8 jg
(niiardiau** Male
WILL ho sold on ihe first Tuesday in March next
at the Court House in ElhcrUm, by or et of
the Com tol Ordinary of Bibb County; Three Hun
tired Acres el Land, more or less, adjoining Mrs
Evans anti Dr. Richardson, ami lying between Se
vtumuli ami Broad Rivers, in Elbert County. Sold
us the property of Martha Anh Childers, minor.
JOHN S. CHILDERS, Guardfos
Dec 27 |l)3 tH
ITIXECUTOII’M Ss4liFs.—On the fimt Ttiotdaf
J in April next, will ha sold at the Courthouse in
Waynesboro ugh, n Negro Hoy, Rohhirt, belonging u.
the estate of William Rogers, deceased, ami sold
under the will es said deceits d. Tam* of
made known on the day.
EDWARD hatcher, j ...
John roam. {tin.
Burke eo. Jan 7 X 11 id
4A NK‘JHOES FOR SALE-Will bs~»l4.
on the first day of March next, at th* law
residence of .Mr. Patrick 11. Carnes, Just obov# A*
gosla, all the Estate, both real and personal,of Mrs.
Eliza Clayton, deceased, coiisiaisling of 40 Negroni
of all descriptions, among which are some Very likely
Men and Wuaieii, Boys and Girls, tnd valuable
House .Servants; also Slock of various kindks ;
Household nnd Kitchen Furniture. At the same
lime w ill hosoldllie House and Plantation on which
she lived, adjoining the town of Augusta, divided
into lots of from 15 lo 40 acre* to suit purt-nateis.—
'Three lots in the town of Augusta, Nila, ad-, 89,90-,
on the south sido and near Ihe upper end of Blued
street. One undivided halfof Ten Acres Os fond,
including a Dwelling House, on the Sand Hilfo, for
many years the summer residence of Mr. P. 11
Carnes.
Terms —All sums under Fifty Dol an, Cash; fell
over, Notes with approved security, payable la nine
months, with interest from dale.
A, S CLAYTON, Trusts*.
MATILDA CARNES,
JOHN P. CARNfes,
Jan. 27. _ 22 swfit
One Thousand Shares
Os (Ixo Cupitnl Mock of tlio Merhatalc’s
Buelt, Auguilat
WILL bo sold, on Tl/gsbaV, the 7th March
next, at Auction, in front of the Banking
House, bet ween the hours of IS ami I o'clock, P. M,
the right of subscribing sits One Thousand S liras
of Ihe Capital -Vlock of this Bank; which will be
offered iti parcels ol I Id 25 .Shares.—Tends fish. -
GEO. W. LAMAR, Cashier. i/
Fob. 8 • 32 td
The city papers will publish the above until day
of sail,-.
Notices
ON KATUttDAY, tlio 11th install, at th* plan
tation known as ISollmont, nn the SaVamtsh
River, near (.’en Walker’s, will bo sold a quan ity
of Corn ami Fodder, ami numerous other art ids*
belonging to Iho estate of George Dunbar, dtcuej.d.
Terms nt sale
GRIFFIN EDMONDSON, Adm't.
Fob. I 39
t'ify ITlarahal’* Kale.
Wild, bo sold, if not previously applied for, on
Monday, the 20th instant, at tlio lower Mar
ket House, one HOR.S’E, taken up in the corporate
limits of this city. Said Homo u blind in both
eves, his dolor is Mack, with a small alar in hi* for*-
head; right hind foot whit*.
FOSTER BI.UDGET, City Mnrtkatt.
Feb. G 3) 3t
ON CONSIGNMENT—SO or 60 boxes o prim*
Virginia Tobacco, at
DAWSON’S WAREHOUSE.
_ Jan 21 X If 17
SEED CUTS'FOR SALE—IOO bushels tup*'
rior (junlily Seed Oats, in sheive, lor sale ly
Jno 31 25 fad) (i U. MARSHALL
l%i EW MUSIC FOR TUB PI A, NO.—A gooias
■i * rtment of music, Just received ami for sale by
Jmt 7 5 tl] T. 11. A; I. C. PLANT.
SALE.—A likely young Negro woman with
three children. Apply at this office this even
ing. feb I
Beal Irish Isolators.
tj/|fk Hampers landing this day, by the Cincte
sss’Ftf miti.from Charleston, they are in excelhnt
order, and the first arrived this.scaxon. For sal* in
•mall lots by.
W. <fe J. NELSON.de Co.,
fob 8 3t Opposite SlovaTs Warehouse.
SALE.—A House and Lot at the lower and .
of Broad-strict, tlu; property of Mrs. C. S. .Me- yf
Lean. The Lot is large and the louse might be -pjd
n ado a comfortable residence for alitily at a
expense. For terms apply lo **
Jan 12 in 3tw] JOfl.l dWPRE
YESTERDAY, Twenty Dollars, nil in Fire
Dollar Bills, on the Kail Rood Bank ; any par
son finding the above sum, will confer a groat favor,
nnd have the thanks of the owner, by leaving it •
this Office.
feb 1 .
TV[OTICE All persons indebted to the estate of
ill Peter Mathis, dec'll, are requested lo makg fov
mediate payment. Also, all persons having de
mands against said estate, are requested te present
litem in terms of the said.
ROBERT A. ALLEN,! ...
NANCY MATHIS. \ Adra
.Tan in X 10 tod
tiKN E£’EK S u.N.NER, since the disastonnia
Jui fire, has taken a Store on the Smith side of
Broad-streot, opposite the limiter s Hotel, orec the
former stand. No. 330, w here he will keep eottetanih
oil hand a good assortment of Groceries- H»
thankful for the patronage horejofoiv 'itonded. *no
liop-f fo> a continuance of the .'am- _ ,
Jan 10 *
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