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From the Portland Ccurie: of Saturday.

Wasuiusrou CITY, ‘Sept. 30, 1833. _
To the Editor of the Portland Courier"
away down east in the state of Maitie.

My dear friend; liaveii’t you been in
a terrible kind of pucker ever since my
last letter to you, to know what the
President‘-was going to say about me and
Daniel? If you ha=:et:’t, I have. I nev-
er felt so uiieasy fix‘ a fortnight hardly
in iuy life. If I went to bed «I couldn't
sleep and I've got up and walked the
floor as much as half the night almost
every night since. I've wished the Bank
to Guinea more than fifty times, for
tliere’s been such a liiibbub here about
the Bank this fortnight past, that I
coiildn’t get a moment's chance to talk
with the President about any thing else.
VVe'd have cabinet meetings once in a
wliilo to see about moving the Deposits
and Mr. Duane and Mr. Cass and Mr.
McLaiie would talk up to the President
so about it, that lie’d conclude to let ’em
alone and do nothing about it, and let
Congress manage it j-est as they'd amitid
to. And then we-’d go home and Mr.
Kendle would come in and talk the mat-
ter over and read some great long
letters from Mr. Van Buren and got the Pres -
ident so confusetlithat he would lose all
patience a most, ,
But Mr. Kendle is ‘the master "filler to
hang on that ‘ever I see; ‘he's equal to
the tooth ache. And he talked and pal-
avered with the President ‘till he brought
him over, and then the President put
his foot down and said ‘the deposits
should be removed whether or no. And
then the botheration was to see who should.
move ’em. The President told Mr. -Du-:

 

one to do it; but he said his consciencc_
Then the President,
told Mr. Taney ‘to take Mr. Dua'ne’s.

would’nt let him.

place, and see if his conscience would let
him. Mr. Taney tried it and found his con-
science weut easy enough, so Mr. Duane
packed up and went home to Philadel-
phia. \Ve were all dreadful sorry to lose
Mr. Duane, for he was it nice man as
you will see one in a thousand. It’s a

pity he had such a stifi’ conscience; he'_

might have staid here in the Treasury just
as well as not if it hadn’t been for that.
But this storm about the Bank begins
to blow over, and the President got in ii
manner cooled down againf This morn-
ing after breakfast we took the papers
and letters jest as we used to, and went
away into the east room to read the news
and chat’ awhile, and it really did my
heart good to see the President set down
once more looking so good natured in
his great arm chair smoking his segar.
After I had read over the news to him ii-
while, and got him in pretty good humor,
I made bold to out with it, and saysI Gin-
eral, there's one question I want to ask you.
And says be, you know Major, I always al-
low you to ask me any thing you’re ti
mind to, what is it? \Vell, says -I, when
we ‘had that talk here about a fortnight ago
you begun to say something about me and
Daniel}; andjest as you got into the middle
‘of it-, Mr Keiidle-‘came in and broke it right
off short as a pipe stein. It’s been running
in my head ever since, and l’ve been half»
crazy to know what you was goingto say.
‘Veil, let us see, says the Ginernl, where it
was I left oil‘; for this everlasting fuss a-
bout the Bank has kept my head so full I
can't:eem to rem:-mber much about it.
Wliy says I you was talking about iiiilli-
fication; how the tops were beat down 0.
little, but the roots were all run-
ning about under ground as live as ever,
and it would’nt be long before they'd be
sprouting up again all over the country,
and there'd be a tougher scrabble to keep
‘em doivii than ever there had been yet;
-and tlienyoii said if I and Daniel—-——-
aiid there that plaguy Kendle came in, I’ve
no patience with him now when lthiiik of
it, and broke it right off. Ah, now I re-
member, said the Gineral-, how twas. ‘Vt,-ll
says he, Major Downing it is a solemn fact
this country is to see a blacker storm of
iiullification before many years comes a-
bout,than it has seen yet; the clouds are
beginning to gather now; I've seen them
rolling over South Carolina, and hanging
about Georgia, and edging along ‘into old
Virginny, and see the storm ga’tli‘ering; it

must come and if there isn't somebody at,-

the helm that knows how to steer pretty:
well, the old ship must go down. I aint

afraid but what I can keep her up while I;

have the command, but I am getting old
and must give up soon, and then what will
become of her I dont know. But what I
was going to say was this ; l’ve been think-
ing of you and Daniel, would after I give up
put your heads togetlierund take charge of
her till the storm has blown over, you might
save her. And I dont know who else can.

But How do mean, Gineral, says I? Wh
to speak plain, says he, if nullification
shows its head, Daniel must talk and you
must fight. Tlierc’s nothing else will do the
job for it that I know of. Daniel must go
into the Presidential chair, and you must
take command of the army, and then things
will go straight. At this I was a little struck
up; nnd.I looked him right in the eye, and,
says I, Gineral, do you mean that Daniel
VVebster ought to be President after you
give up? Certainly, says he, if you want
to keep the country out of thejaws of nulli-
fication. But, says I, Gineral, Daniel is a
federalist, a Hartford Convention federalist,
and I should like to know which is the
worst, the jaws of nullification, or tliejaws
of federalism. The jaws of a fiddle-stick!
says he ; but how do you know, Major
Downing, that Daniel is a federalist‘! Be-
°‘W9“.says I, I've heard him called so down
east more than a hundred times, over and
over. And that’s jest all you know about
It. says he. Now I tell you bow ‘tie Major
Downing, Daniel is as thorough a republic-
9“ 85 Y0“ be» 0r as Ibe, and has been ever
since my Proclamation came out atrnjnst
the nullilication. As soon as that l’i',ocla-
tnation came out Daniel came right over on
to the republican ground and took it upon
his shoulder and carried it through thick
and thin where no other manin the country
could have carried it. Says I, Gineral, is that

' afactnnd says be yes, you mnydepend upon it

his every word truth. ‘Veil says I, that al-

I the straits of Canso, they came

; -r-

er’s the case a little, and l’ll write to -Uncle

_ iloshua and'the editor of the Portland Cou-
‘ Ties‘ and see what they think of it, and if

they think "its best to have Daniel for
President we'll have him in, and Hi take
my turn afterwards: for seeing the people
are bent upon having me for President]
wont decline, though it is tliouglit best that
I should waita little while,l wont be partic-
ular about -that. I’m -willing to do that
which will be best for the country. So I
remain your ‘loving friend,
MAJOR JACK DOVVNING.

The -Power of Removal from 0_[ficc.—-

VVe have in our possession “The Gazette
of the United states,” for 1789, containing,
the proceedings of the 1st Congress that-
conveiied utider the Federal Constitution.
In the columns of the -Gazette we fnid the
debate that took place in the House ofRcp-
resentativcs, in June of that year, upon the
bill to establish the 'I'i‘easui'y and State de-
partments, upon a motion made by ti doin-
ocrat from Virginia, to strike from the bill
the clause which gives the President the
.power of removal from office. The motion
was sustained by nearly the whole demo-
cratic party. As the Jackson party now
claim to be the only democratic party in the
country, and justify the President in all his
:lI'DIII'€|I'y and tyrannical acts of usurpation,
it may not be amiss to show them what
the sentiments of old democrats of’89 were,
in reference to the exercise of the power of
removal from ofiicc.

Mr. Smith, of South Carolina, urged
that the clause, authorizing the President
to remove the Secretaries from ofiice at his
pleasure, invested a power in the Executive
which was liable to great abuses——for said
he, “we are not always to expect a Chief
Magistrate in whom such entire colideiice
can be placed as in the present, (General
\Vasliingtoii,) the-splendor 'of wlioso virtucs
some gentlemen appear to be so dazzled
with, as to lose sight of a proper respect
to futiirity. The Constitution is not calcu-
lated upon the idea of having the chair al-
ways so well filled. An oflicer who is sub-
jected to the whims of a capracious man,
will be in an abject,dependent state—a mere
slave. What is the consequence? \Ve
subject a fellow citzen to lose his reputation,
his property, his living, without a trial.—
Men of independent principles will‘-be cau-
tions of placing themselves in such a -Sllll'-
ation, because the President might have a-
round him tlioso who, envious of the honors
and emoluments of persons in oflice,
would be continually intriguing and insinu-
ating stispicions, to effect their removal.”
[Mr. Smith seems to have had in his eye
such a man as Gineral Jackson, surround-
ed by his kitchen cabiiiei.]

Mr. Gerry, of Massachusetts, thought
that the power of removal “ would invest a
power in the President to annul the most
essential checks of the Constitution."

Mr. Jackson, of Georgia, asked “was it
politic to place the officers of Government
in such a situatioii as to deprive them of all
their independence and firmness? Had
not the President the comrnaud of the army,
and would he not have the Treasury under
/iis thumb? The Secretary; of Finance
would not dare ‘to oppose him, and would
‘leave lziinunchcc/red to ozzercise his powers.
Then we might bid adieu to liberty, and to
all the blessings of genuine rcpublicisni.-—
The present Chief Magistrate was not im-
mortal. Could we be sure who would suc-
cecdliiml Might not a man come into
office who carried aI’andora’s box in his
breast 'l” , ,

Mr. Page, of Virginia, asserted that this
power of removal “contained the seeds of
royal prerogative. Iftlic President might
take a man from the head of a department
without assigning any reason, I10. might as
well be vested with a power, on certain
occasions, of taking away his existence.”

Mr. Gerry, in ii subsequent stage of the
debate, said that the power of rnioval from
oflico “ would give the president an abso-
lute control over the Treasury, from wliicli
might be expected to arise a government
of revenue, instead of a government oflaws.
Giving the President power to remove,
would virtually give him power of appoint-
ment independent of the Senate, for he
could always create a vacancy, as soon as
Congress had adjourned, and fill it with
one ofliis favorites,”

Mr. \Vhitc, of Virginia, and Mr. Bondi-
not, of New Jersey, also spoke against the
power of removal. The debate was pro-
trncted to a great length, and the power of
removal was retained in the bill by a vote
of 33 to 20, every democratic of tho first
Congress voting against it.

. Mr. Audubon, the Naturalist, has return-
ed to Boston, after a long journey to the
cold desolate regions ofL-abrador. The fol-
lowing is a very brief sketch of liisjoiirney:

In going out, when a little way beyond
to a
small island, consisting of a single
rock, 400 feet high, and several acres in ex-
tent. It was covered with a species of
bird, called Gannet bird. They were sit-
ting upon their nests ; and were so numer-
ous, that they appeared like a huge mass of
snow; and the countless numbers of them
hovering over, presented a perfect picture
ofasiioiv storm. The travellers could not
climb the rock, and firing a musket, neither
hurt the birds-, nor frightened them. The
rock is called after the birds, Ganiiet rock.

Ina lonely part of southern Labrador,

Mr. A. found a Scotchman and his wife
and six children, who had lived there con-
teiitedly for 20 years; subsisting on fish,
and trading with vessels which touch there
from Quebec and Newfoundland.

In journeying on to the port of Bra-
dor, they explored several little Isluiids.-—

On these innumerable birds, and birds’
eggs were found. People from Nova Sco-
tia come here every year, to hunt for eggs,
and in their cruelty, not only take the eggs
but break and waste a great many, and the
birds, after plucking a few feathers from
their breasts, throw them away by thou-
sands. Mr.- A full in with a party of these

persons, ‘who in six weeks, had found 32,-
000 dozcn eggs, (how many eggs is that ?)
valued at 400 pounds sterling. There is
also a great deal offisliing done in this re-
gion,for' they found 60 or 70 fishing ves-

sels, in the single port of Brador.

Although it was July, the cold was some-
times so intense that they had to build

‘large fires, and Mr. A.’s pencil occasionally

dropped from his fingers, while drawing by
the fireside. Near Brador they saw ice-
bergs. Here, too, they found a brother-iii-
law of the old Scotchman, who was also
livingnearly alone. He had a horse, about
40 dogs, and a garden, in which he could
only raise afew very poor vegetables, and
yet he thought the country was “the fiiiest
he had ever seen.”

Mr. A. found a few new species of birds ;
but he did not set out so much to discover-
iiew birds, as to learn the habits of the old
ones, in which, it is said, he has been very
successful.

 

P0wa'erPlot.—Aboutfour months ago,
Edward \Vi_lcox, Esq. of W’:-sterly, Rliode
Islaiid, and°late Lt. Governor of that state
received by a sloop from New York, a
leather trunk, with a label attached, stating
that it came from a relative in this city.—
Something however excited the suspicious
of Mr. Wilcox that it was not a friendly
present, and cautiously raising the lid is
very little, he discovered cor-:ls within, so
situated as to strengthen his suspicions.—
He tlirefore set the trunk aside, until more
should he know. A few days ago, some
young men determined to open it. They
cut the cords carefully, and opened the
trunk, when it was found to contain two
horse pistols, with the niuzzles buried in up-
wards of t/iirt_1/ pounds of powder. The
cords were attached to the triggers in such
a manner that if the lid had been raised a
few inclies,tlie whole would have exploded,
and dreadful must have been the effect.——
The pistols have been sent to this city, in
hope oftracing out the murderous villain,
who, to gratify his malice against an indi-
vidual,would have not only taken his life,bui
in all probability the lives of a whole family.

[Journal of Commerce.

T/re CIzcroIcccs.—Tlie Cherokees, in
General Council, have adopted the follow-
ing Resolution, as we find it in the Chero-
kee Phcenix, indicative, we presume, of
their apprelieiisioiis of being unavoidably
compelled to remove beyond theMississippi:

Resolved, That under existing circum-
stances, the Nation is in a state of duress,
and that until removed it cannot properly
exercise that freedom of deliberation and
actionso desirable and necessary for the
final termination of present difliculties, and
being convinced that the country west of
the Mississippi, to which the government
has invited the removal of the nation, is such
as cannot better the future prospects and
welfare ofthe Cherokees, as a nation, un-
der the present unsettled policy of the gov-
ernment in relation to the Indian tribes;
and should they be compelled by the force
of circumstaiices,contrary to every principle
of justice and liiiimiiiity, to leave the
“land of their Fatlicrs,” the council can
determine no other alternative promising
relief than a removal beyond the limits of
the United States; but having confidence
yet in the good faith of the Government
of the United States, and no desire to re-
uiove V‘u’est of the Mississippi nor to leave
the limits of the United States, and being
solicitous to have a speedy termination of
present difliculties.

From the Pliiiadclpliia Gazette.

Jlfr Dumzc’s opinions of General Jackson.
«—The sulijoincd information is from a
source entitled to the fullest confidcnce-
tlie gentleman who communicated it to us.
is a leading citizen of the county, enjoying
the respect of all political parties. \Ve
confidently believe every word of the state-
mcnt.

Afriend who called upon Mr. Duane, a
day or two since, to congratulate him upon
his return to the city, remarked that he look-
ed very well. Mr. D. replied that was
scarcely possible, as during his absence
from home, such had been the liarrassing
scenes through which he passed, he had not
enjoyed one single moment of peace.

The same friend, in the course of c‘onvcr-
sation applied the term tyrant to the Presi-
dent. ‘Caill him not t_yrant,’said Mr. D, “ itis
not the word——-a tyrant may be a ruler of
limited power.——Geiieral Jackson is _ a
RUTHLESS DESPOT, with whom it is
dangerous for any one about him to differ in
opinion. The Cabinet is not the place for
aman who desires to have an opinion of
his own. Jackson is King ovcr all—all
must succumb to his mandate or beware of
the consequences l” '

These are the sentiments of Mr. Duane,
——given as near as may be, in his precise
language ;—-a gentleman who previous to
his appointment to a place in the Cabinet,
was a firm and undeviating__ friend of Gen.
Jackson. He was appointed Secretary of
the 'l‘reasury——lie proceeded toWnsliiiigtoii,
and entered upon a faithful and conscien-
tious dicliarge of his duties. He was spee-
dily harassed by the members ofthe Kitch-
en Cabiiiet——lie was required to give up his
own lionestopiiiions, and lend himself to
the tricks of political swiiidlers. His soul
revolted at the degradation—lie refused to
remove the deposits, though commanded to
do so by the President, and lie was uncere-
moniously ejected from office.

Liberty trcc.—At the time our distur-
bance existed iii the American colonies
by the stamp act, a large American elm
was used in Boston, to hang obnoxious
characters in effigy, to make known the in-
tentions of the sons of liberty, (as the patri-
ots were called) who also held their mee-
tings under it. The following inscription
was placed uponit. ‘ This tree was planted
in the year 1646, and pruned by order of
the sons ofliberty, February 14, 1766.’ It
was thence forward called the liberty tree,
but,iii 1774, was cut down byEnglish troops
by whom the town was occupied. The ex-
ample was imitated in other parts of the
country, most ofthe towns having their lib-
erty tree; and, on the breaking out of the
French revolution. (I789) the same emblem
was abopted. A liberty tree was planted
by the Jacobins in Paris, and many other
cities of France followed their cxamplc.—
The same ceremony was practised by the
French troops, on their entrance into for-
iegii countries.

I>’lake’s Juv.Encg/clopcdia.

FOREIGN.

From the N. Y. Gazette.

By the packet ship John Jay, Capt Glover
our advices are from Liverpool to the 8th,
and London to the 7th, all inclusive. The
papers are barren of any important inform-
ation. VVe give below a few extracts.

There were many disasters on the Eu-
ropean coast during the first week in Sep-
teinber, by trenieiiduous gales.—\’Ve do not
find that any American vessels were lost,
except one, and she is not named.

London, Sept. 6tli.——A vessel has been
despatclied from Lisbon, with orders to
convey the garrison of Terceira to Lisbon.
We hear-that Donna Maria was expected
at Portsmouth yesterday, and from whence
she is to proceed to Wiiidsor, having receiv-
ed an invitation from their Majesties.

\Ve have been deceived in the city yes-
tcrday in respect of the arrival of the Pike
from Lisbon, and up to the present hour she
still remains due, to the utter disappoint-
ment of those concerned in the affairs of
Portugal. If any dependence could be
placed on the Bayonne account fromMadrid
of Don Miguel having gone into Spain,
and his army broken up,DonPedro would not
now be seated on a bed of roses; but in our
opinion, there is not the least truth in the
above report, which is a mere stock-jobbing
manteuver.

The Freiicli pyipers mention the receipt
ofimportant intelligence from Spain, to the
effect that the Queen, having received posi-
tive inforniatioti that M. Zea keeps up a se-
cret corrcspondence with Don Carlos, had
strenuously entreatcd his Majesty to dis-
miss him and replace him by the Duke of
San Fernando, and enter into a close alli-
ance with France and England. The King,
however, was too timid and vacilating to

s able to come to any decision on the sub-
ject, and feared that by the dismissal of M.
Zea Bcrmudez, it might be the iiienns of
offending theHoly Alliance.-—Tlie Messen-
ger says the Duke of Cadnval, with the
greater part of his troops, had made his
submission to Don Pedro: and that Don
Miguel had, in consequence retreated to-
wards the Spa isli frontier.

The private letters from Holland, as well
as the ofiicial Gazette, state that the grand
questions in dispute are arranged, and the
only points now to settle are the affairs of
Luxemburg; and should the King of Hol-
land, on consideration, find it just, be will
write to the Diet on the subject ; on receiv-
ing the answer, the conference will be re-
newed.

VVe understand that a communication
has been received from the Dutch govern-
ment which will lead to a renewal of the
conference, the members of which are ex-
pected to meet to day.

The public will be gratified to learn that
the first accounts received from the ‘Vest
Indies, since the arrival there ofthe resolu-
tions of the House of Commons respecting
the Slavery question, are favorable. It was
yesterday mentioned in our city articles
that papers have been received from Jamai-
ca up to the 20th July, in which the satis-
faction of that island at the amended, or
altered ministerial plan, was loudly ex-
pressed. In the Antigua Herald ofthe 20th
July, the editor expresses his own delight,
and that of all classes of the inhabitants of
the colony, at the plan in general. It is
curious that the only point on which a
“ shadow of dissatisfactioii” has been ex-
pressed, is the appreiiticcsliip provision.

‘Va hear that an Aiiicrican _ vessel has
been lost ofi‘ Dunkirk, outward bound, with
180 passengcres—- all have perished. This
comes by a letter from Ostciid.

Frencli Volunteers for PorIugal.—A great
number of oflicers, not in active service,
have lately applied to the minister of war
in France for leave to enter the service of
Don Pedro: their petition is said to have
been favorably received.

London Sept. 9.—Tlie Madrid Gazette
of the 27th ult. has "come by express from
Paris ; it states that by a decree dated Coim-
bra, the l5tli ult Don Miguel had confided
to M de Boiirmont the Portfolio of the
Ministry of VVar until the recovery of the
Count St. Lorenzo. The intelligence from
Lisbon received by this channel is not of a
later date than the 18th.

The Messenger of Ghent announces, in
a letter from Germany, that the three
great Northern Powers and the Germanic
Confederation have drawn up in a common
accord, and are about to publish a mani-
festo against the Treaties of 1815, and the
conduct of France and England in the agi-
tations prevailing attliis moment in Europe.
This manifesto, it adds, received its delin-
itivc sanction at the recent interview he-
tweeii the King of Prussia and the Empe-
ror of Austria.

Latest from France»-—Late last evening,
by the packet ship Albany, Capt. I-Iawkins,
we are placed in possession of our regular
dates—"Pai'is to 14th, and H avre to 5th ult.
inclusive. The papers do not contain any
political news ofimportance. Donna Ma-
ria was at Havre, and a britisli armed steam
packet had just arrived in the Roads, inten-
ned it was supposed to convey her to Loti-
don.

The Polish refugees in Gallicia mid
Switzerland it was expected would be ship-
ped for England or America.

The Emperor of Russia has appointed
his Son, aged six years, General Admiral
of the Empire.

N egociations are being carried on for the
purpose of obtaiiiinga lo:in of 2,000,000
for the Papal Government from M de Roth-
cliild, the finances of his Holiness being in
a depressed conditi .i.

A Silver Mine l .is been discovered a few
miles from Cons aritia, and ordered to be
worked by the Dey.

The Tribune newspaper has been seized
in consequence of an article relating to the
King's lato journey.

The Qiiotidienne was also seized for re-
peating‘ the article contained in the Tri-
bune.

At Toiilon great pi°ep'arations were ma-
king for the intended expedition against

Oran in Africa, which is to consist of a de-
tachment of Infantry amouiiting to 3000
men, 500 Artillery and Engineers, and 400

 

-4

450 horses.

'=Donna Maria was to be recognised by the
King of Sweedeu as the rightful queen of
Portugal.

LATEST FROIVI MEXICO.

By an arrival at Philadelphia, we have
been favored with the followiiigletter from
a highly respectable source.

Vania Cnuz, Sept. 18th, 1833.

This place, aswcll as the whole of this
unfortunate country, has suffered all the
calamities of civil war, ‘yellow fever, and
now the frightful cholera, which last two
have carried off full 45 per cent ofour small
population. In such a dreadful ‘state of
things, it is not surprising if a great ‘deal
that ought to be promptly attended ‘to 'is'
left quite abandoned-for the moment-'—self
preservation being with many of us before
every other consideration.

Accounts from the city of Mexico are to
Sept. 7th. The Cholera was dc.ci'easiiig,—
deaths about 130 a day. They had been
1500 a day. The total mortality in the city
15,000.

The two armies were inactive in conse-
quence of the cholera. J. of Com.

From ilie Commercial Advertiser.
VVAsuiNo'roN, Oct. 10, 1833.

Will the appointment of Mr. Taney be
confirmed’! is a question which has been re-
peatedly asked here. ‘Vere Mr ']‘aney’s
merits as an individual and as a statesman
alone couceriied, there could be no doubt;
for lie is quite equal in all these respects, to
the rest of the second-rate politcians who
find it glory enough to serve nominally un-
der General Jackson, and in reality under
Mr Van Buren. But the fact is, the qiies-
tion ofconfirmatiou will involve that of the
legality of Mr. Duane’s removal, and
of the President's course as the chief exe-
cutive ofiicer with regard to the Bank.

4: it it as in as

The Globe, you will perceive, holds itself
in readiness to assail Mr Duane whenever
such an attack shall suit the purposes of
the irresponsible cable, whose coiitroll over
the mind of General Jackson, and the poli-
cy ofthe nation, can no longer be doubted.
That high-minded and independent iridi-
vidual has already been designated by
the government oflicial, as a “refractory
subordiiiate,” and sundry demoiistrations
of hostility, fromtime to time, show that
the heaven born Amos, and his cond-
jutors, wait but a favorable opportunity to

“cry
Havoc, and let slip the dogs of war”

upon the reputation of one of our purest
statesmen. But let Amos beware. He
may find, when it is too late, that he is en-
tering on a conflict in which “there are
blows to give, as well as blows to take.”
He may find, what, let me whisper in his
ear, I know the fact, that Mr Duane has
actually in his possession letters written by
him (Amos) during his tour as bank Agent,
to Editors in differeiit parts of the country
for the purpose ofinducing them to assail
Mr Duane, on account of his refusal to re-
move the di-posites! The knowledge of
this fact, and others ofa similar nature, will
render the anti-bank purtizans cautious
how they assail Mr Duane.

Deaf and Dumb.—Thc parents and
guardians ofDeaf and Dumb children of
the State of Connecticut, are hereby inform-
ed, that by an act of the Legislature, passed
at the last session of that body, provision is
made for the in support and educatioii,at the
expense of the State, and for a term of
time not exceeding four years, ofsucli deaf
and dumb children and youth as are in in-
digent circumstances and between the ages
of twelve and twenty-five years, at the
American Asylum in Hartford.

To secure the benefit of this beuificent
provision, application must be made to his
Excellency, H. \V. Edwards, Governor of
the State, who is ex-ofiicio the Commission-
er for its distribution. The applicant must
furnish a satisfactory certificate from the
Select Men ofthe township to which he be-
longs, or other respectable inhabitants, of
his inability to educate his child at his own
expense.

Application should be made soon, that
those elected as beneficiaries may be in
readiness to join the Asylum on the last
\Vednesd:iy in May next.

I behalf ofthe Directing Committee of
the Asylum. LEVVIS WELD, Principal.

American Asylum, Sept. 25th, I833.

Fire at Augusta, Ge0.—-On \Vednesday
morning, the 2d inst. about half past 2 o’-
clock, the house of the Rev. Mr. Moden-
velle, in Rayiiold street, was discovered to
be in flames, which spread to Mr. I‘lobby’s
store, also a small house owned by VVI12.
Smith, and the large wooden building own-
ed by Col. 'I‘. McGraii, and occupied by
Mrs. Sabel and Mr. Drigas, and 8 W0f‘d9“
store on McIntosh street, adjoining Mus-
grove and Bustin’s ware-liouse. It was no
doubt the work of an incendiary. The en-
gines had hardly returned to their respective
houses before another alarm was sounded,
which proceeded from a house occupied by
James Johnson, which, together with a
house belonging to the State Bank and sev-
eral others, were destroyed, and more injur-
ed by the preventives used to check the
progress of the fire. This is also supposed
to have been designed. Loss estimated at
$30,000.

From Niles Register.——\’Ve are free to ex-
press an opinion, built upon a long and
close observation of the proceedings and
acts of Mr. Clay, that he is among the most
wronged of all men living; and we say this
with the greater liberty, for the reason that
one late important occasion, we had the
misfortune to differ in opinion concerning a
matter to which his" vigorous and enlighten-
ed mind, and our own feeble abilitv. had
been long and intimately allied. We do
not yet approve the course which our old
and much honored friend pursued—(and
Mr. Clay would be about the last person in
the world to demand a subscription to his
opinions,unless awarded by the dictates of a
man’s own judgement)—-but that he was in-
fluenced in the case referred to by the pii-
rest niotivesand most patriotic views, we
most certainly believe and might almost say

 

African Cliasseurs-—iti all about 4000 men, that we know.

with-I2 eighteen pounders, 4 ‘bombs, anti”-"_

SUMIVIARY.

American Colonization Society/.-—A mee-
ting of this Society was held in the city of
New York on Wednesday evening, which
is described in the New York papers as be-
ing one of the most numerous that was
ever assembled there. The Mayor took the
chair, and the meeting was addressed by
Messrs. D. B. Ogden, Hugh Maxwell,
Freelinghuysen, Hawks and several others.
Resolutions were adopted, declaring the
principles of the Society equally favorable
to our own union and happiness, and the
improvement of the African race, and re‘-
conimending that the sum of 20,000 be rais- .
ed for the promotion of its objects, and for
the establishment of a settlement on some
portion of the Liberian Territory, to bear
the name of‘New York. The sum of $3406
was received in contributions and subscrip-
tions before the close of the meeting.

Steam boat General Ilfaslzington.-‘-:It i§
but a few days since we announced thatthib
elegant boat lindcommenced her trips ‘oh
Lake Erie, and ‘now we have to mentioh
her probable loss in arecent gale. Letters
are in the city that she was driven ashore
near Long Point on the Canada side, on
that she struck in three feet water, and
would probably be ti total loss. This boat
was built at Huron, for the “Huron Steam
boat company,” and cost from 75 to $80,'- _
000. She was fitted up in a superior man-
ner. and had three cabins. She was com-,
manded by Captain \Valker, formerly of
the Sheldon Thoinpson.——N. Y. Com. Adv.

The Richmond Enquirer is out against
the removal of the Deposits. But it “roars
you gently "as a sucking dove.” “Iftho
President has done” so and so, “he has
erred.” The President ought to have left
the rcsparzs-ibility where the law left it, in
the hands ofthe Secretary." “Our doubts
are strengtliened.” It is with these and
such like expressions that the Enquirer
“hesitates dislike” to what we can plainly
perceive it in reality considers, a most high
handed usurpatioii.—Alez. Gaz.

1lIr. Duane, the late Secretary of the
Treasury, has published “ A Card,” saying
that he has not changed his“ principles,” in

If he could have thrown off his principles,
and accommodated his views to those ofthe
President, he would have still been Secreta-
ry of the Treasury. We cannot for the life
of us see how this Card, can help the Jack-
son side of the question. It is all the other
way.

The Post Master at Oraiigeburg, S. C.,
writing to the editor of the Charleston Mer-
cury, says, that Major Barry has made an
attempt to turn him out, but no body will
take the appointment; and after making
divers complaints of the Post-Master Gen-
eral, he adds, that unless Major Barry rc-
signs, he intends to continue in oflice him-
self,nianger of the whole Kitchen Cabinet ;
and he signs himself-—-“ John A. Ta}/l0r,,_
Post-Masler in spite of ’em."

Episcopal C'onvcntion.—We learn from
the Hartford VVatcliman, that the annual
meeting of the Convention of the Episcopal
Church, in this diocese, notified to be held
at Norwich, was so thinly attended that
the Convention could not proceed to busi-
ness—tlie Constitution requiring 20 Lay
Delegates to constitute a quorum. Eigh-

teen only were present.
[Midletown Witness.

It is computed that there are in the United
States about 800 whale ships, employing
about l0,000 men, and which bring home
every 40 months, about 227,960 barrels of
oil, the value of which is not far from $4,-
000, 000. The outfit of each ship for a 30
months criiize is from $15,000 to 20,000.

Alarge famz'l_i/.—Four hundred and forty
beds, have been made up in Holt’s Hotel
N. Y. for several nights past, and every one
occupied. The number of persons that have
slept in this building for a week past, family _
and domestics included, cannot be much
less than five hundred.

Perpetual ]lIotion.——-A Mr. Bridges, of
Virginia, gives notice he has discovered a
plan to keep the entire gear of a grinding
mill in constant revolution, without the aid
of any known propelling influence.

Emigration.—Contiiiues to flow in upon
us. \Vitliin the last week, not less than
one thousand sturdy looking emigrants,
have been landed in this city. Uncle Sam's
land goes oll'well.—-Detroit Courier.

Bishop English, who has just returned
fr'om Europe, has succeeded in obtaining
a dispensation from his holiness the Pope, .
permitting the members of the Catholic
Church in the United States to eat meaton
Friday.

The Mayor of Pensacola, was lately
murdered in the streets, by a vagabond who .
kept an unlicenced grog-shop, which the. ‘
Mayor had ordered to be closed.

The steamboat Lady Franklin has pass-=
ed the Memphis on her way to New ‘Or-
leans,with a cargo of fifteen thousand chick-I
ens, and ii large quantity of other live stock.-

Gen. VVilliam Caroll, has just been e-'
lected, for the sixth time, Governor of Ten-
nessee. ’

T he toast of all toasts !—In the United
States Telegraph we meet with the follow-‘
ing toast, said to have been given by W.
Gwiii, at a dinner party in Mississippi : ' .

“Jackson as near as can be, a fat: stmtle
of the Rock of ages. Those who put their’
confidence in him cannot fall.” '

Whoever considers the weakness both of‘
himself and others, will not want persua-
sives to fogiveness.

Be‘au‘tif'ul Idca.—A dumb pupil being,
asked “What is Eternity ?” replied “The”
life time of the Almighty.”

Calvin Edson was 45 years of age, and
weighed forty-five pounds. ‘

On the appearance. of_ the CIIOIOIQ. at
Millersburgh, Ohio, it is said the physicians

J left, and recommended also the flight ofthe
citizens. ‘

 

consequence of recent dismissal from oflice. , .

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