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NEW YORK, 29th March, 1834.
Dri. Wm. J. MACKNEVEN.
Si,-,.....Having seen contradictory statements
in two of the daily papers in relation to your pio-
litical opinions as to the present course o(f3 tie
Executive of our couotr)’. "'9 V'8'_ll3“°e f°'}"'
mittee of the Independent ReP“bl'°””5 ° He
fouiteentli ward. l19-V'e } V .” be
most respectfully to request, t iat you wi ‘
Pleased to make known to us yotir sentiments on
tlieileading political question which at presept yo
deeply agitates the nation ; and it is particii ar y
" desirable, that, if consistent witliyour views.)l0U
should frankly give your Oplllltgn as to th: 3:12:
val of the deposites. =_m<l.Wl1€l er SW “I
not in favor of a National Bank. _ _
It is also desirable to know if the nomination
ado at Broadway House, of William C.VVales
fr‘nr Alderman and Lambert Suydam for Assist-
aliit to represdnt this ward in Common Council,
forltlie ensuing year, and if GulianC.Verplancl.',
as a candidate for M330’: meets Your 3PPT°b""
tm'I‘.he importance of affairs. at this crisis, must
lead fo' the libertj’ we take "W" the P"*S°“‘
Idccasion. Very respectfully. ,\‘0Ul‘Si 550-
Mosas WANZER, P. VV. ENGS,
AU5T[N BALDWIN, JAS. K. HAiii1L'roN.
CHESTER CLARK.
NEW YORK, 31st March, 1834.
C],_e,ge,- (,'la7-Ic, aélustin Baldwin, P. Jll. Eng-ii
James K. Hamilton, Jlfoses Wanzcr.
Gentlemen,—The statements in the pape1'6.l0
which you refer, were certainly unauthorised by
me, and appeared to my surprise. They must
have been derived from casual conversation and
promulgated by Part)’ .Sl’l‘."" Whllchdiertllilanri
fringes upon delicacyfiin itsdzea . Eaters «Who Sm]
take a different side from ol assoc ‘ht .“.’mch I
profess to find those measpdres rig” aloof and
deem Wl'°Il$i I Wlsh to ho Ulgtfin if osdible.
where I could I10'- aPP‘”°V°' to re r ’ pfli ‘ ‘I I
from opposing. But called upon noiyho ciai g
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by so respectable :2 i....l_, mi "8 ii __ U; '_
fellow-citizens to declare my sentimen suncq _.t
ocally, I cannot be deemed forward In Blallllg
them, since compliance is
a duty. .
I supported General Jackson's election, and I
continue to feel the
highest sense of gratitude
for his eminent services in the field. Though
perhaps disappointed in so
so..
me of the expectations
I had formed of the benefits to_ be fleI‘1V8d lmm
his administration, still preferring him for before
those yvhu \,ve'['e b[‘O|IglII. as CIIIIIIIIIFIIEIB agsaiijist
him, I have sustained him as long as I cool 0
so conscientiously. In relation to the great ‘Wes;
the eop e, :1 ter iavtng exaui ‘
eve,-F; dis‘-,o5it,ion.t,o find it justifiable, I cannot
possibly approve it. .
The fiscal reasons \Vl'1lCll‘ ‘
for the removal of the public deposites are so fu-
tile, that they hardly deseive an l1”.‘“'°l" T"
say in the same breath that the necessary de-
mands of Government will reduce them in one
year to little or notlllnili and Set lllelf mllst be
removed at once, lest they should be so greatly
accumulated by the time the charter will expire,
as to compel Congress to renew the Cll':ll‘tt’7T9 '5
really too absurd to be_deemed serious. VI hep
I am told that the public moiie)’5 “"°'_e ml’ 5”“:
in the United States Bank. fljml l00l““€ ‘at ll‘:-
public documents, I find that just beforq toe _rt.-
moval, they amounted in the whole to ess. than
ten millions, while the Bank had eleven millions
in specie: but now that they amount in 'Illl5‘C.lly
alone to five millions. ‘Vlllle the Banks ‘in! WllllCl1
they are placed have only eight. liuiidier tiop.
sand dollars in specie. I C3-““°l' see What ms
been gaingd in pzilnt Of safety. _ .
The true and indeed avowed motive was 5 P0‘
litical one. The object was to cripple, nay 10
crush an institution deemed _daUt§€l"°§l5_i “ml
which is said to have set llSClf"ln 0l’l?”5‘“°“ 1°
‘the will of the people, and to have improperly
have been assigned
interfered in the election of our cliiefinagistrate.
But; the folly of the attempt of the Bank. llblt
,ea]]y was made, has been fully demonstrated y
the result of the elections. We are not, thank
God, governed by wealth. but by l“,”_“bel'5-':Tl‘°
Bank was proved to have no Pollllcfll P°“’e"'
Out of the city of Phil”-(l°lPl“'°li ‘l, was every
where a dead weight on every candidate who at-
. tempted to support it. It lay prostrate 85 3 P0‘
i litical body, and there was no necessii,)" °“ Ill“
' score, for further attack. If. Indeed: [he PT€5'
idem, by removing tliedeposites, could at once
have strangled that which he tninks_ a ‘monster.
there might have been some sense In 00mg‘ the
act; but since he could not effect tlial. fa!‘ bet‘
ter would it be to leave the Bank undisturbed to
(lie its natural death. The fact C""“0l “OW be
denied that more efficient means could chance of
a re-charter to the Bank, than f.l]OSe.\\-'lllCll were
amploved for annoying it and exercising a useless
revenge. It is thus that uncoiitrolled passions
ever blind the understanding. .
Since there was no sufficient motive, fiscal or
olitical, for the act. it was unwise and uiistales-
man-like. It required no great sagacity to fore-
see that it must cause a dernngemeiit in the coin-
mercial operations and crcd:t of the country;
and where no good could ensue, it could onlybe
under the dictates of passion that any executive
officer would ion the risk of subjcctingtlie coiin-
try to the evils that attend any such derange-
ment. After those evils had actually occurred,
and could no longer be denied, a tnagiiaiiimous
mind would have retracted, instead of persever-
iug in the error. _
Yet it is not simply because an unwise and an
unfortunate measure has been adopted and is oh-
stinately maintained, that I feel myself called
upon to express my dissent. Though an humble
individual, 1 may be permitted to say, that I am
actuated by much higlier motives. I had look-
ed at the law which is said to warrant the deed,
and I see that bv it the public monies were order-
ed to be kept iii a ceriaiii 1.-lace, unless the Sec-
retary of' the Treasury thought it necessary to
remove them, in which case he was bound to lay
before Congress his reasons forso doing. To the
President i 0 power is tlelegatel on the subject.-
He may indeed remove the secretary if he thinks
him dishonest or incapable; but this does not im-
ply the power to remove the officer for the ex-
press purpose of havingjthe act of which that of-
ficer is by law (lie. only judge, done according to
the will of the Pi'esit‘t.-ui.—- That would be unit-
ing in one person the powers of both the Presi
dent and the Secretary of the Treasury. Had
this been the intention of the law, the power of
— removing the deposites would have been given to
the President alone. Had it been intended that
the President should have any control whatever
in the case, it would have been provided flint the
Secretary niiglit remove the public monies with
the approbation of the President. Instead of
this, not to him but to Congress alone, is the
Secretary responsible by law for the not. It
would be pure mockery to suppose, that the obli-
gation to assign his reasons to Congress is a inat-
ter of form, and incaizs nothing. Either the 19..
gal provision is an insult to our understanding, or
it renders the act invalid, unless approved by
Congress. The conduct of the President in this
. is greatly aggravated by the circumstances by
- which it was accompanied. It was done after
Congress had passed judgment on the uc-ts ascrib
ed to the Batik, and declared it to be a safe dc-
pository of the public monies. It was done with-
out waiting for the opinion and action of the new
‘ ...=r. rccesii of the Senate. by an
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’ tii;.:;~:" .« -. -:I%::.'.z::‘ied by that, body, and selected
fut or-.2 r-xp-cs‘-. ',*‘i‘pose.
; .~ ,1-:. u fl’. ;.,--. sucha measure. Itjs a Pal-
" al..4:- :::1i' .._-J...-..,..‘.; of the laws. It is equally
contrary to the spirit of our Constitution, to the
principles of genuine liberty, and of repiiblicon
institutions. The executive magi.-.trate is ac-
deputed the undersignedlj
..
cessarily vested with great powers, and liable to
imposition. He has the exclusive direction of
all negociations with foreign nations,and the ex-
clusive right of nomination to all offices: No
treaty can be made, no ofiicer appointed, without
his previous approbation. He exercises the
power of removing by his sole‘ authority every
officer, tbejudges only excepted. He is Com-
mander-in-cliief of all the armed forces, by sea
or by land. He executes, and at times Inlet‘-
prets, the laws and treaties. He has a qualified
negative on all law=,-and exercises it freely.
Against the dangerous abuse of those powers
centered in one man, we have, heretofore. been
protected by the constitutional check of the Sen-
ate, which has now been evaded; by salutary
legal barriers, which have been overleaped ; by
that admirable temper and moderation which had
characterized our former Presidents, and on
which my reliance is greatly lessened.
This is the-only qt1aI'lPl" from which encroach-
merits that might gradually undermine our liber-
ties and subvert the principles of Republican
government, can be apprehended. And let ll
not be forgotten that the danger is never greater
than when that high functionary happens to enjoy
an excessive degree of popularity; capable of
inducing the people to sustain all his pretensions;
and that the attempt to establish a fatal prece-
dent is never more likely to succeed, than when
the object of the attack happens to be an tinpop—
ular institution; when those circumstances are
combined, public attention is but too easily
diverted from the true state of the momentous
question at issue. _
Should the attempt now made be sanctioned
by the people, the purse. and the sword would be
placed in the same hands, and the first visible
effect. will be a corrupt iizfiiience introduced into
our governmcnt.——-Six niontlis have not elapsed
since the Executive transfer of the public monies
was made, and what is already the result in this
city, alone?
The three respectable banks selected for the
piirposeliave a capital of six millions of dollars.
'“' "V -"-N--in’-r before tliev had the public de-
‘l IIBII umuuu-..., ....._ .- _
pesitcs, amounted to 9,900,000 dollars, and they
made one with another, an annual dividend of
six and a half per cent. But with the aid of the
public monies they are iioiv able to discount near
13,800,000 dollars, or four millions six hundred
tliouszind dollars more than formerly, giving an
additional profit of four-and-a-lialf per cent. a
year on their capital. Thus we have forty Bank
Directors endowed with the power of distribut-
ing four millions and a half in loans, beyond the
natural resources of their banks; and two thou-
sand stockliolders whose income is at once raised
from 6 1-2 to-11 per cent. This might not give
much influence to the grantor, if the boon was
irrecoverable. But on what tenure is it held 9 It
depends on the sole will of the Secretary, who
has reserved the power to annul the contract
whenever he pleases, and who for any such
change is no longer bound to assign reasons.
Orlshoiild rather say, it depends on the all-
controlling will of the President, since the Sec-
retary of the Treasury has ceased to be the offi-
cer of the law, and is a mere puppet moved by
the cliiefmagistrate, who remains liiiiisclflcgully
irrespoiisiblc for acts‘, which according to law
must be performed by the said Secretary. lftliis
uncontrolled and irresponsible power to grant,
and, at will, to shift favors to that extent, is not
an improper, and, prospectively at least. a cor-
rupt and most dangerous species of influence, I
am at a loss to know how a worse kind can be
devised.
The Democratic party was founded on the
purest principles," and whilst adliering to, and
bound by these, it bad a right to require person-
al sacrifices from its friends—-namely, that they
should yield their opinions to those of the major-
ity, on important points, not affecting these prin-
ciples; or in the selection ofa candidate of equal
qualification. But where the principle itself is
called in question,I must preserve my independ-
ence of opinion, and, with regret, yet without
hesitation, dissent from those who under the co-
lor of adherence to the usages of part_v, may re-
quire tisacrifice of all that is dear to us, and
thereby subvert the fundamental principle of our
institutions. This, as I understand it,is, that the
majority, not of any party, btit of the people,
must: govern. I cannot subscribe to the test new
imposed, of approving in the mass, at all events.
and whatever they may do, of our national and
state administrations, or of sanctioning even the
most dangerous measures, because they have 0-
riginated with our Chief Magistrate. Loyalty
to his king is indeed, the pretended virtue of the
subject ofa monarchy. 'I‘o live under a govern-
ment oflaivs, and not of men, is the beast ofour
repiiblic. '
To you, my friends and fellow citizens, who
know me, I need not say that lam not one of the
rich, that I derive my means of exvstziiice from
the moderate profits of my professional industry,
that lam, and cannot cease to be a democrat,
that I am a friend of liberty, and have once suf-
fered for that cause. For my zeal in its defence
I became a proscribed exle from my native land.
Here in this assylum of the oppressed, I have
now lived alinost tiveiity-nine years. I liavt-.,you
well know. no other country. Iain identified
with its interests, its prosperity, its glorious insti-
tutions. These I cannot desert. On their pi'c-
servation depends our happiness and that of our
posterity. They are the boast, the model and
the hope ofthe friends of liberty throughout the
civilized world. I adjtirc my fellow citizens not
to blast those hopes and high destinies to which
this nation is called; to preserve those institu-
tions invioliite, to defend and proiect tlieiu ti-
gainst every attack, and every atteniptcd iii-
fi-igeuient from whatever source, or from whom-
socver tiiey may come; to bring back the ad-
ministration of our government to is native puri-
ty, and to leave to their cliildrcii entire, unshack-
led, and unblemished, the sacred iiiheijitiincc
such as they received it from their fathers.
To sum up in few words, Gentlemen, my an-
swers to your questions: I disapprove of the re-
moval ofthe deposites, and in favor oftlicir resto-
ration forthwitli.
I am opposed to the constitution of the pre-
sent Bank ofthe U. States, but am in favor of a
National_Bank that shall possess the advantages
of this, and distribute them as equally as may be
for the public accoiniiiodation, without prejudice
to liberty,
I am opposed to constructive versions of the
constitution, whereby the Executive shall take
powers by iinplicatioii or evasion, instead of ap-
plying to congress for authority
As relates to our city concerns, I beg leave to
say that Mi. Giillian C. Vc-rplnnc'.r is one ofiny
oldest acquaintances, and 1 hope I may be per-
mitted to add,o,f my friends, in N. York. About
27 years ago we boarded together in the same
house, and our intimacy has continued without
interruption ever since. I have had in that time
abundaiit opportunity to appreciate his fine tal-
ents, his extensive attainments, his good taste
and correct iiiorals: and upon a subject peculiar-
ly affecting my native countrymen and me, our
adverse fate, I found in him Iiberalityand feeling.
He shall receive my humble support. —’l‘lie
ward ticket. lieaded by Wm. C. Wales and Latti-
bcrt Stiydam is well selected for the honest ser-
vice of our fellow citizens—preju<lice existing in
some minds in relation to the latter on the sub-
ject of the school fund, I have enquired into and
found to be groundless. He supported the rights
ofevery school, and is always a liberal contribu-
tor at the annual charity sermon for the support
ofthe school in question. For him also I will vote.
In compliance, geiitleinen, with your request,
I have candidly opened to you my sentiments,
and I respectfully submit them to your judgment.
VVM. JAS- MACNEVEN.
_ From the Southern Times: .
Formula of the Kitcheil Cab:'net.—-It is
reported, that Major Jackllowning, deeply
feeling for the 8llCl'O80l'll1’lt_llIS on the preci-
ous time of the “Govern ent,” aiid_.llle ll“
ritation producedby the merous commit-
tees of Borers on the bale deposites, has
convened the Kitchen to ;compose an ap-
propriate form of addressto those trouble-
some people, to be used ly the President,
as occasion requires, andfto save him the
trouble of inventing net aths, and new
forms of vituperative trop ,figui.°es and ex-
clamations, on every trifliig occasion. The
Cabinet has recommendd the following
formula :—
“Hear me, ye collar sphiels, with your
tails between your legs, yd base born sons
of Kennel Hunters, Rag Jollectors, Prin-
ters, Printcr’s Devils, B-.inl‘er’s Clerks, arid
Counting House Runnerq—-Rogues, Rif-
raffs, Rascals, Rag-a-mufliis, Rascallions,
Knaves, Villians, Vile Sctrnps, and bog-
trottiiig Tatterdenizillions,,Rap Scallions,
Rag-tag and Bob-Tails—hear me! hear
me! hear me! Am I no’: '‘‘the Govern-
ment 1” “am I not Glory?” “am I not
Gwiiiii’s Rock of Ages?” m I not “the
Hero of N. Orleans I” am" not “Andrew
Jackson?” whom the Bl‘ltbl1 turned their
backs on, the slayer of Indians, the sworn
andimplacable foe of Callpun, of Biddle
and the Nullifiers? Have’ not I ten thou-
sand" times more .knowled'-. than all the
banks, and all Congress fput together’!
Miserable pretenders, howwliire ye give iii-
formation to Andrew Ja son’! Away
with ye l——have I not said it? Is Andrew
Jackson liable to change, orllic shadow of
turning? Has not my woibl gone forth,
and do such misernble creatmes as ve. hone
_ '_ ‘E , I
to change it? Away with ya, and plague
me no more, or by the “Etirnal l” I will
drive ye into the darkest holcl of the Rocky
Mountains, and from thencejinto the great
Pacific, ’till you learn to liile yourselves
from my vengeance iii the “ft:-tliest parts of
Arabia.” Begone in the tvinkling of an
eye, and tempt my vengeaice no longer.
I am the Government—I am’Glory—I am
Andrew Jackson the mighty and the wise.
Begonc.
GREAT MEETING AOF SEAMEN
AND THE FRIENDS OF SEAMEN.-—
At a large meeting of Serimen and the
Friends of Seamen held one the 25th inst.,
convened for the purpose of expressing their
feelings on the efforts now making by the
“ Psnisii COMMERCE, Pniusii CREDIT PAR-
TY” to destroy the commerce ofNeW York,
Several animated addresses were made
and the followingresolutions were unani-
mously adopted and followed by nine deaf-
ening cheers from the ,honest Tars.
Resolved, That the S1111’ cu STATE, and
the whole welfare ofthe nation with which
she is laden belongs to the people; and
that we, the people,ai'e the sole owners of
the same.
Resolved, That the Constitution. and the
laws are the instructions which the owners
have given to those in command, and that
commanders, who will not obey these or-.
ders, cannot be trusted aiid ought to be
turned out of employ/.
Resolved, That we believe our good ship
of State, with all that we have at stake on
board of her to be in eminent danger of
falling into the hands of lub/iers called ojice
seekers, who are creeping in at the cabin
windows, and are trying to persuade the old
captain to take a ivroiig course, so that they
may get the vessel and cargo amongst pi-
rates, nnd then divided the spoil.
Resolved, 'I‘liat where a good first ofiicer
is scntforward, because he wont write the
log to suit another man’s notion; and when
the coo/c’s mate is taken to the cabin, just to
fix the log book, so as to answer a fraudu-
lent purpose, it is time to look out.
Resolved, That a faithful officer, the
S8CI'€lCl7']/ ofthe Tr(iaszu'3/ has been turned
forward only because lie did /iis duty/—tliat
the specie on board the ship has been reinc-
ved from the place where it was safely stow-
cd, and is now scattered fore and aft, no-
body knows wliei'e,——tliat the orders of the
people have been broken, and that the tia-
tion is now makings most disasterous voy-
age, from the misconduct of.navigators,wlie
either care nothing about commerce, or, as
to the true interests ofthe nation, dont know
the Stem from the Stern ofthe ship.
Resolved, That the cook has not only
put the ci'cw on short allowance, but has
cribbaged part of the mess for his slus/z tub.
Resolved, That sailors and sea-faring
men are pent ownc‘rs in the ship of Stale as
much as any other class of their fellow citi-
zciis, and that it is the right, as well as their
duty, to see that no ofiicers are appointed
except such as can be depended upon.
Resolved, That at the approacliiiig elec-
tion, we pledged ourselves to use our ut-
most efl'oi'ts to turn out of office all those
ivliosc bad advice has been the cause of the’
ship wreck we are noiv sufi'eriiig; and to
elect only those who are known to be as true
to the laws as the needle to the pole.
Resolved, That as the ship of state is in
danger, we will exert our utmost influence
by our votes, and in every other legal imin-
rier, to put down the tyranny which is at-
tempted to be exercised over us by Tama-
n_v Hall and the office holders.
Resolved, That there is :1 party organ-
ized iii this city, whose watchword is perish
commerce perish crctlit, and tliat it is the
ditty of every freeman, who values hislilier-
ty and his livelihood, to rally around the
coiist.ittttioii and protect his rights.
Resolved, That our watcliword during
the coming election, shall be Liberty and
flu: constitution; that for that .Hull and
Decaturc Bai'nbridge’ and Perry, nobly
fought; for that thousands of our brave
tars bravely died; and that now we will
nail otii-flag to the mast, and never surren-
der while we have breath to cry “ Dont give
up the s/zip.”
T/ie Morlgage aft/to State.——\Ve learn
by reports from Albany, that the commit-
tee of both houses of the Legislature, like
obedient vassals, will report in -favor of the
Governor’s project on Monday; and not
only so, but it is said they will report in fa-
much largcrsum--say six, or perhaps even
ten millions. There will be quite a lot of,
‘ spoils” to be divided.-—Star.
CONGRESS.
Senate adopted Mr. Clay’s resolutions, by
decisive majorities. Mr. Clay finished his
speech to-day about three o’clock.
tion so as to declare that the President, in
his late proceeding in relation to the public
revenue, had assumed power not conferred
by the constitution and laws, but in deroga-
tion of both. Mr. Moore, of Alabama, is
iiullifier, then made a short speech concern-
ing the measures of the administration, but
stated that he should vote against the reso-
lutions in deference to the expressed wishes
of his constituents. Mr. McKean, of Penn-
sylvania,made an apology for voting against
the resolutions, declaring at the same time,
his readiness to vote in favor of any mea-
sure which would tend to relieve the preva-
leiil; distress. The resolutions lie consider-
ed as expressive merely of an abstract and
of an imperative opinion.
[W'lie.'i the vote was taken, there were
present forty six senators, Messrs. Bell, of
N. H. and Chambers, of Md., both Clay-
opposition men, being absent. The ques-
tion being taken on the first resolution, de-
claring the reasons of the Secretary of the
Treasury for the removal of the public de-
posites to bciiisuflicient and unsatisfactory,
it was decided in the affirmative, Yeas 28,
Nays 18. The second resolution was a-
dopted, Yeas 26, Nays 520. Messrs, King,
of Georgia, and Hendricks, of Indiana,
voted for the first resolution, and against the
second. Here one consideration of some
importance occurs. If the two abseiitees
had been present, the first vote would have
been 30 to 18. If the measure. liar‘
one of substantial relief, and not, in the o-
pinion of the southern senators of this ma-
jority, infringing upon the constitufioii, the
vote would have been 3'2 to I6, (Messrs.
McKean and Moore, voting in the af1'ii‘ma-
tiye,) exactly two-tliirds.
Saturday:/, March 29.——The Senate was
engaged all day in a discussion which grew
out of the presentation of a memorial by
Mr. Leigh, praying for.,the restoration of the
depositcs, and condemning their removal.
In the course of the debate, the af’faii's of
the Post office were pretty warmly discus-
sed. Mr. Grundy took occasion to say that
a thorough investigation might be bad, if
desired; he also stated that the committee
had prepared a bill, which they should soon
report, regulating the action of the depart-
nient in relation to contracts, «Sac. Mr.
Leigh, iii the course of his remarks, took
occasion to express the opinion that the dis-
sent of one House of C()llgl‘8SS to the re-
moval of the deposites would impose upon
the Secretary of the Treasury the obliga-
tion of restoriiig them. He said that the
10th section of the Bank Charter, securing
to the Batik the public Dcpositcs, was still
the law of the land; and that the exercise
by the Secretary of the Treasury of his
power to remove them, provisionally, being
parentlietical,tlie non-concurrence of either
House in the expediency of their removal
would leave the original law in full action.
The law having been made by the concur-
rence of both Houses could not, in his opin-
ion, be rescinded wit'nout the concurrence
of both. According to his opinion, the
Secretary is bound, by the resolutions of the
Senate, to restore the deposites fortliwitb.
Illonday, lllarcli 31.—-Mr. Clay modified
iis resolution in regard to the Union Batik
of Maryland so as to read as follows :
Resolved, That the Secretary of the
Treasury be directed to report to the Son-
ate wliat amount of public money is now
on depositc in the Union Bank of Mary-
land ; when, or on what: account it was de-
posited, and also whether any Ti'easui'y
drafts, contingent or other, have been dur-
ing the niontli of March, 1834, furnished to
the said Bank, orat any time lieretofore, to
the Bank of Maryland, for any and what
purpose. And that lielikewise report what
amount of stock in the capital of said Uni-
on Batik was held by ‘R. B. Taney, Esq.
when the said Bank was selected as one of
the banks to receive in deposite the public
niouey, and what amount of the said stock
he now holds. The resolution as modified,
was agreed to.
Tuesday, April 1.-—-Tlie bill making ap-
propriations for the repairs ofthe Cumber-
land Road was debated until past4 o’clock,
and was then rejected; for the bill 20, a-
gainst it 2'2.
In the House, Srzlurdag/, Marci: 29.-—Mr.
Adams’ resolution directing the Secretary
of the Treasury to lay before the House
certain facts relative to the condition of the
pet banks, or as Mr. A. calls them, trap
banks, was taken up. Mr. Adams modi-
fied his resolution so as to require iiiforma-
tion as to the amount: of the indebtedness
of the President, Cashiers, and Directors,
respectively, of these several institutions.
He did not profess to know niticli about
their maiiagcmeiit, but he was led to believe,
he said, that each bank was a family con-
cern. Mr. Harper, of Penn. moved to
strike out the clause thus added -.by Mr.
Adams, and thereupon arose :1 debate which
was cutoff by the expiration of the hour
assigned to the consideration of resolutions.
Several Adniinistratioii members, among
them Messrs. Speiglit and Mann of New
York supported Mr. Adam’s views, and
Mr. Harper withdrew his motion to strike
out. The remainder of the sitting was oc-
cupied by debates on private bills.
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FOREIGN
By an arrival at N. York, London pa-
pers have been received to the 25th of Feb-
ruary.
General Lafayette was very sick on the
12th, and a council of physicians had been
called. On the I5tli, he was still confined
to his bed,:ind his physicians had forbidden
all but his intimate friends to enter his a-
partment. _
From the annual report of the British
finances, presented to parliament by Lord
Altlirop on the 10th of Jaiiury, it appears
that there will be a surplus on the 5th of
some of the most burdensome taxes.
A new treaty had been concluded be-
tween Russia and ’l‘urkey, liiglily favorable
$0911 "
concluded by modifying his second resolti- February. A great victory had been gained
over the Migticlites, and Lisbon had been
illuminated on the occasion.
:
SUIYILVIA RY.
Anotlur Protest of n Pct.-—'I‘liis morn}.
ing a commercial house in Pearl street, re’-
ceived a draft from the Planters’ Bank at
Natchez, one of the Pets, on the Phoenix
Bank of this city, for eleven hundred dol-
lars. It was purchased by the gentleman
who brought it hither, for convenience, and
he paid therefor in specie. It was present-
ed this forenoon to the Cashier of the Plim-
nix Bank, and payment demaiided——\vlierc-
upon he [the said Cashier] answered, that
HE COULD NOT PAY THE SAID
BILL FOR VVANT OF FUNDS.”—
As we have seen the draft, and copied the
answer of the Cashier from the OIIICIEII “pro-
tast,” it “ will be very difficult and impossi-
ble” for the Journal of Commerce to gain-
say it. Fortunately, there are as good
names on the back ofthe Draft, as can be
found in “ Old Virgiiiia.”—Spcc. '
Life of I)av2'd Croc/cct.——'l‘lic veritable
life of this gentleman has just been publish-
ed by Care and Hart, of Pliiladelphia. It
bears t‘ll€’I 'pi*ess--of"-geiiuiiieness on every
page. The most amusing part of the work
is that in which he relates the scenes of
early life, previous to his marriage. I-Iis
narrative of the events of the Indian war,
in which he fourrlit nrirler Ge" I'"'l'°'~r~
. a"-
and in which he discloses seine scenes of
great cruelty, and revolting det_ails,= is less
intei'esting.—Tlie style is quaint and cha-
racteristic, and may well repay perusal.
Economising (,'oi1rtskip.——-In G. Thor-
burn’s work, is the following notice of his
courtship: He says—My brother got tired
of attending store, and went off to Phil-
adelphia. I was now in great trouble;
we were. beginning to make some pennies
in the store,and I did not like to give it up ;
neither did I like to give tip my nail mak-
ing, for this was sure. So I resolved to
push my courtship, calculating, that ifl
got married, I should have a shopkeeper of
my own ; but if not, to sell off and leave
the city; for I could not live in New York
and see her the wife ofaiiotlier; and in the
mean time, continued to keep both. For
this end, I rose at four-o’clock A. M., and
made nails till eight: opened store; at
eight I’. M. shut up, and went to nail mak-
ing till twelve; thus getting scant four hours
sleep in the tweiity-four. My nail shop
window opened into the yzird of the house
ivlicre I boarded, and where my girl lircd.
She used to come to the window; aiid_.I
helped her in, where she staid sowing or
knitting till iiiidiiiglit; I workiiig and court-
ing, tlius killed two birds with one stone.
The Prasirlcnfs I}ccisimi.--"i'Vill the
Globe inform its readers, wlietlier within the
last ten days, General Jackson was not
.- v... .- ~.‘..--avni,
Coiigrcss from Massacliusetts, if he would
not change his course in relation to the cur-
rency, now that it was evident he had been
mistaken as to its results, and it was destroy-
ing the prosperity of the country; and
whether in reply to such application, he did
not say, “If every man, woman, and child
in the United States “wci'e to come here,
and ask it of me on their knees, I would
see them all perish before I would be driven
from my purpose l”
Let this reply be borne in mind by the
I/V/iigs, and let them rest assured that their
only hope of relief is from Congress.
they fail, all hope of a change is at an end,
and the difficulties under which we now la-
bor, will be increased an liiindred fold.
The Message of Governor IIIARCY, which
is published in this d-.iy’s Gazette, was no
doubt prepared at VVasliington,.and return-
ed by the Express which was recently sent
by the Albany Regency for some measiires
calculated to operate upon the approaching
election in this state. This plan, ‘is the
very thing, especially as it comes from our
patriotic Governor. \Ve mean it is the very
thing for the Independent Republicans.-—
This nianagemeiit is wanting in every issue
the Governor intended. The Governor in-
forms us most kindly, that it is due to the
city Banks to say, t/tat his suggestion does
not proceed from them.’ 0 lllarcy is upon
us !—From the New York Gazette.
Few persons can look at the game going
on at Washington, without; being forcibly
reminded ofthe fable of the monkey and the
cat. Had Mr Van Buren been an honest
olitician, he would have briefly replied,
after Mr Clay’s Roman appeal to him-—Sir,
I am not disposed to administer your whole-
some advice to the President. I am sensi-
ble, Sir, that opening the coals with his
hands has burned many others; but the
period formtlieir relief is not yet arrived-let
them writhe and agonise under the smart,
that when I administer a balm to those
wounds, I may receive -credit for a core
from the people, while I conceal from them
the fact that I also inflicted the wound.
[Rochester Dcmocraf.
Statue of Jefcrson.-—T-he following is a
copy ofthe Letter, presented to the House,
of Representatives on Tuesday from Li_eut.
U. P. Levy, ofthe U. S. Navy:
VVasli.ington City lllarcli. 23:], 1834.
To the House of Representatives of the U.
States.
I beg leave to presentthrougli you, to my
fellow citizens of the United States, a
Colossal Broiizo Statue of Thomas Jeffer-
son, author of the Declaration of our Inde-
pendence.
This Statue was executed, under my eye
in Paris, by the celebrated David, and Hon-
ore Gonon, and much admired for the fidel-
ity. of its likeness to the great original, as I
well as the plain republican simplicity of the
whole design- _ _ '
It is with pride and satisfaction that I am
vorofpledging the faith of the State for a ministry, therefore, propose the repeal of the People of the United States, through
their Representatives; and I am sure that
such disposition will be made of it as best
corcsponds with the character of the illus-
The latesriiitclligeiice from Portugal is American People.
-by an arrival at Boston from St. Ubes, _
He bringing news from Lisbon to the l9tli of to be your obedient and humble servant,
asked, in presence of ii Jackson member of
If
tliev succeed, Con ress will nraiit relief: if
.. k. D o
to the latter power, several of the provisoiis trious author. of the Declaration of our In- ,.i
A in the treaty of Adrianople having been dependence, and the profound veneriifiofl
17‘ Senate: Friday. M0707! 23--The modified so as greatly to relieve the Ports. with which his memory is cherished by-. the
\Vith profound respect, ‘I have the honor
U. P. ‘LEVY.
Lieutenant in the U. S. Navy.
The donor deserves high respect for his
motives, and public thanks for the valuable.
present he has made to his cotiiitry. The
Statue is now temporrily, placed in the R0-
tund of the Capitol, and is unquestionably
the finest work ofart (of the kind) in the
country. Indeed we do not know whether
the country possesses another bronze statue.
‘When to its value as a work of art, we add
its association with the memory and services
of one of the most illustrious Sages of our ._
country, we cannot but rejoice that the
Capitol ofour Country is to be embellished
by such an addition to its ornaments.
Nat. Intelligencer.
Somnambulism.—The stories told of
James Rider, the Springfield somnambiili
beat that of the New York snake story -
hollow.
published a pamphlet on that subject, from
which we copy the following, not the most
interesting anecilotesjrelated of her : _.
\Vads_o_f ‘cotton being placed directly on
the closed eyelids, and then bound on with’-
a black silk handkerchief, so that the cot-, “
ton filled the cavity under the eyebrow, and
came down to the middle of the cheek, and
in close contact with the nose, she red the
names, both of persons known and un-
known to her, written on cards, as soon as
they were presented to her.
_ She had procured several paterns of cal-
l|00 at the Shops, portions of which had
been washed since the commencement of
the paroxysm. On being spread before her
She told not only the shop at which she ob-
tained each, and named its price, but comfi
pared the part which had been washed with
the piece from which it had been taken, and
ifthere was any change, pointed out the
difI'ei'ence.
A colored girl came in and seated herself
before her; she was asked if she knew that
lady; she smiled and returned no answer.
Some one said, “ she had a beautiful com:
plexion—-—lii-is she not ?” Jane laughed liariily,
and said, " I should tbiiik she was some-
what tanned.” '
The meeting at Troy against the Van Bu-
ren usurpers we learn by the American of
that city, was ovei'wlieli'iiing notwitlistaiid-
irig the rziging stoi'iii—fi'om 3 to 4.000 me-
chanics, fzirmers, and n'innuf:icturers. Th
people ofLaiiciii,i_rliiii'gli marched into to
in a solid body. Everv other town also
the country was represeiitcd. The big
respectable and voiierrible TOWNSEND
CouN, Esq. presided. A ’central pern
iienf committee of public safety and corr
poiideiice was appoiuti.-d—spirited reso
lions passed-and a memorial to Congr
and to the State Legislature appeared.
“ You that have tear prepare to sliem now."
A writerin :1 Fairfield Co. paper, sn_
that, “ rather than leave his children und
the infltierice, power and control ofold Fe
eralists, he should for prefer to bury the
in the silent tomb, in some quiet, lone
place, where the green willow should
their only weeping friend.” Tliere’s path
for you !—VV'liy the “ babes in the wood”
it merejoke to this Fairfield tragedy, tli
is to be. Vife feel as melancholy as t
drone ofa Liiiclonshire bzigpipc alread
N. II. Iferald.
Governor }lIi:i'c_1/’s i'lIessagc.—-We lear
from Albany that the _cornmitte_e will repo
on Gov. Marcy’s project to-day. One ru
mor is that the report will be for a loan o
te mz'llions—anntlier, that it will be six mill
ions—five to be allotted to the city, and on
to the country, The commissioners to “(Ii
vicle the spoils,” have been agreed upon.
Henry Seymour of Utica, is to be one , an ol
Erastus Corning, the Regency Mayor 0
Albany was aiiotlier.— Spat.
Niize Slzillings a bushel for I/V/ieatl—
VVheat is said to be nine shillings per bush-,
el in our market; i. e. six in cash, and
three GLORY. W'on’t you bring in your
crops? The glory is the kind spoke_n of
by Mr. Van Buren when he said “it is stif-
ficient glory to have served under such a
chief.” It is understood to be a valuable
training them to the collai'.—S_i/racuse (":22
Riding on a Rail.-—The VVestfield (Mz._=.-‘
Journal gives the following among a sc-2:.-.'-
of scraps historical ofthat town in the
176! z---‘‘ October 61. A number of pet’ I. ‘
in Turkey Hills in conjunctio_n with -‘
in the Sotith part of this town, (S0lJtl1\"»“.
violently took Mrs. Phelps, and carrier]:
on a rail, blowing horns and ringing V
bells. The pretence was, criminal cozivéi
and ill treatment to her ‘l'iusdand.” A
A paper called the Democratic CIITV-'.l.l f
le is to supercede the Evening Post, 2 - :3 __
organ of the party, after the election. .5 -
poor Poets have but a ticklisli repui:-. ;
even with their own friends. I The r.~= -
dard is not to stop until after the e_l"< r=
Henry I-Ione has sunk $25,000. in r- in‘
currency to support the cause.‘ 'I 2...»; i -.
glory for you l—iS'tar. _ ' _ _
A miser on being asked why he hart. -tars; 57
ried a girl from his own kitchen, said, ‘ ii“
union is attended with a double Bdlfl’ :1
as it saves me not only the the ezper ; '>
wife, but the tax on a servant." I
On the 27th of January, Ber_rA2ado.'/..
King of swedcn, attained his. 70th year...
honor of which he gave 3 dinner pl-
1300 persons. .
VVe learn by our Paris papers, 9‘
man by the name of Reeves, in
has been tried and found guilty for cia-
ting it pamphlet calling upon the peel.-Y3. 7;.-
resort to a national coiiventionf
The Jewellers are to hold a meeting; rial»:
vening, to take measures for a coiiruit.
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Januarv next of about £2,600,000. The enable to offer this tribute of my regard to action of the Independent Republiciivs‘,
all trades.——N. Y. paper. ~ _
The Legislature of Massachti,sei";—<I 2.
passcd a bill abolishing IlTlpI'ISOnIIl€l.;i :-
Debt, to take effect on the 4th df'Julj.' mi-.r<:'.
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Adonatiori so munificerit in its object)
and so patrioticiii its conception, is entitled *
to more than a naked record of the fact.-—-
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article for feeding mules, especially when‘ ‘
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Dr. L. W. Belden, of Springfield, has
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