- thought of again lookin'g' on the gallows tree with
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and his betrothed, now shone upon her as she satl
by the side of his old father in the lt0:—‘il, that ht."-l
upon her oars in the cove, rocktugto the swell of
the rising tide, and drifting by (legr_ef*-S IMVEIYUS;
the shore. The wzitclicrs were anxiously look-;
ing for the appearance of the g6D0t‘0tJ5.l,,3'l1.‘-’ll5l"f
man, within liearing of the sentinel -‘i.l.<’1l|'.ttt0d,
near the rrave. llis hezivv. 1ttti'€1SU“3¢l “Gad at
3": - .
lenvtb ceasetl, and the son rid of some voices Came
ford: from where he was sttiittliiig. There Was
silence for a few tl1t)t‘I}(:5ll8- A Ct‘at2l&llt't,'.’, in the
bl‘l1Sl]-,\7()t'l(l t-bat skirted the cove and then the
younrr olllcer stood on ll1L‘~lJL’.‘.‘t(.‘-ll within a few
D
paces of them. _
‘Quick, ptill on sliore,' he call‘t:d out tn 21
,,,,,,,,,.eS5,,,j ,.,-,,Ce__c1zt,avu got _rid of the sentinel
for half an liour—quick, or we shall not have
time.’ Two or three strokes oftlte-oar bt‘oti_:_Ilit
the boat to his feet. The old man arose, the very
picture of stem grief", the ittoonliglit displaying
the lineaments of his pale face as he grastted
with both lltt‘, the lar; e white hand extentletl to
. . r ‘ ,. , ' _‘
assist liitii on shore. 1-‘tie bO3.llitd.l) lUiiOWt,.LlE1l'ld
Sarah was left alone. _ ,
It wasa fearful hall liotir to tho popr girl, with
the waves moaning like iinquiei spirits about her
and the dreadful sound of .-hovelliitg earth and
muffled voices comiitg from the distance. Slic
dared not look after the three as they went to-
wards the grnve,‘, for her heart .°$tCl~‘.9llBtl at the
its horrid appendage. “ .
A stispeiision of soiinds caused .‘a‘at':tlt to raise
her face from the folds of her sliawl ‘Vhfire She
had buried it; no living lining was in Stllltl--
But the black shadow of the bloody oak had
crept along the waters like a vast pull eritlowcd
with vitality,“ till its c.\;ti'eniity lay upon the edge
ofthe boatfand was itisidiottsly iiioviiig towards
her. With a cry of terror, and shuddcriiig all
over as ifthe utteartlily da .‘.tlt ol':.itiotlicr world was
upon her and the poor girl siiatclieil the mil‘ and
pushed the boat out into iiiooriliglit. Again she
looked up, and the three who had disititcrrcil the
ilead appeared, be.‘.tt'ing hint over the briglit grass
wrapped in the cloak of the lflriglistttittttt, the
feet supportcl by the generous olliser, and the
grayliairs ofthe father streaining over the bosom
of his lifeless son. Noisclessly they caine to
the shore. There the old man lcffliis burden in
the arms ofthe officer while he took his seat in
the boat; autl wlicti his quiveriii-_.; ariris were ex-
tended, and the hotly of i\'atiian llalc, shrouded
in its military winding sheet, was laid across the
lap of his faithcr, while his head rested on the
chilled bosom of his l)clt‘t)lltc:l wife. _ _
They went out upon the waters--tlie living
and the dead, when old Hale raised his gray
head and spoke to the young girl. ‘Smith ht
our mourning for the dead we iiinst not forget
the duty we oweto our country. Let us search
for the papers we are to carry to \Vasliiiigton.’
Then with his old quivering liauds lie unfolded
the cloak and found the papers containing the
information purchased at so great sacrifice,
secured in the vest. In taking them out of the
bosom the corpse was laid bare. The iiiootillgltt
poured full upon its broiid, white frutlli 3W3
there, just over the piilseless heart, Saritli with
11 cry of. agony saw that long, bright ringlet of
her own hair.
Ill.-zlri‘nianz"ulfllmrims jbr fl.]m-ricd LacZ£es.—-
The following niaxints. il'pi:i':-:tictl, will not only
make the men in love with marriage, but cause
them to be good husbands: The first is to be
good yourselves. To £t\~'uitl all thoughts of
managing a husband. Never try to deceive or
impose upon his iiiii.lerstaiirliii_g, nor give him
uneasiness, but treat him with till‘:-gciioii, sinceri-
ty, and t‘t3S[)i'.‘C1. Rcu‘ie.'itbci‘ that husbands at
best are only men, stilije<:t,. like yourselves, to
.error and frailty. Be not too saiigtiiim, tltcr.-, be-
fore marriage, or promise yottrsolvcs happittess
witltontalloy. Should you tliscovei‘ any thing
in his humor or heliavior not alt.«)gctlier what
you expected, or wisli, pass it over, sniooili your
own temper, and try to mend his attention,
- ,. ‘' “ “ ;'¢.—¢-‘--—'.;‘¢
. a most singular accident occurred.
ODDS AND ENDS.
Hor1'id.—An attempt to poison a whole wetl-
dirzg party was made at the house of Mr. John
Harris, of Morgan county, Georgia, in the last
week of July. Thirty-six out of forty present,
says the Athens Whig, were made sick—_-but all
recover‘t'§__ . The poison_ was mixed witn the
dressing of the turkey, and the cook is suspected.
——Noah. _
‘ Stories for Broad.'—-In consequence of‘ a
tlireateiied present of a barrel of flour t'rom Col.
Prentice ofthe Louisville (Ky-) Journal. 10 the
editor of the Evansville (Indiana) Journal, the
latter says in return, ‘we will forward him _a
razor witty brickbat for a strap, and a handsaw
with ten rods of stone wall for a file.‘
A good one.—The Concord Statestnaii has
the following : One day last week, a Jonathan.
who had lately arrived from Upper Coos. hap-
pened to be passing the State ‘House just as the
House adjourned, and not being used to such
sights, he accosted oite of the Representatives
with, ‘ I say Mister, what is that are great stone
building yonder?’ ‘ Why Sir,‘ replied the Re-
presentative, ‘Tliat is Noah’s Ark, what did
you think it was?’ ‘Wliy I had a kind of no-
iion of that sort, for I saw all manner of living
tuiinutls coming out ofit.’-—N. II. Eagle.
Red Oak Vz'negar.—Sillimari’s Journal says,
that the sap of theied oak is, of itselfa pure and
grateful vinegar, sharp to the taste, and so like
the best of specimens ofthe acetic acid, that the
distillation could not’ in the least improve its
qualities.
Operations have been commenced on the
lzlousaionic Rail Road. which is to run from
P.ridgepoi't, Conn.. to Stockbridge, Mass-. where
it will coiiiiect with the \Vestern Rail Road,
running from Albany to Boston.
./in /imzest cor2fcs.sion.—'l‘lie Kennebec Journal
furnishes a good illustration of the political
cliaiiges which have recently taliettfplace in
illaiiie. A young man in Augusta, a mechanic,
and until lately, a warm supporter of tlie,ad-
i'itiuistratioii, was recently interrogated by one of
his old political comrades. why be had left the
party. It would take me some time, said he, to
give the whole story——but to answer in a few
words, 1 tell you, ‘ I've been. starved to it.‘
Queer lran.spo.°ition..—-Oiie of our exchange
papers remarks that in a late storm at Otsego,
N. Y. ‘a shower of lion's eggs fell, as large as
hail stones.’ The clouds that produced them
must have beeiifealhery in the extreme.
Not baal.—\Vliy do the Whigs persist in say-,
ing that Gen. Jackson has beggared the country?
--i\’. Palriol. _
Because he has given it the liabiliments ofa
beggar-that is, covered it with rags.--Claire
tttonl. Eagle.
Lake Fisheries.-One establisbni cut at the out-
let of Lake Huron, puts up about 4000 barrels
in about four inontlts of the year, comprising
pickeret, white fish and trout. They average
23-3 per barrel——20,000 ; sometimes forty barrels
aday. 'l‘lie salmon trout of Lake Ontario weigh
frequeiitly twenty-five pounds. Sonic lately in
the Rochester market weighed twenty-eight
pounds.
A Bull.—An Irish quack doctor, who ltad in-
vented a remedy. for sore eyes, headed his ad-
vcriiseiiieitt, ‘Let every blind man look atthis !‘
A narrow cscape.—-‘ In the course ofthis march
A howitzer
slicll entered the body of a horse, burst there and
blew him to pieces, without wounding his rider,
who fell upon his feet and went on.’-Count
Scgur’s IIi.sloi'_i/. ,
Solitude Sweetened.-—One of ottr exchange
papers announces the marriage of Mr. James
Sweet to Miss Julia Ann Solitude.
-——--— -4-~ ‘...————.——’.
Aincrican_ Navy/.—Tlie Navy Register of
18330. cotiiprises 51 vessels of war, viz: 11 ships
oi‘ the line; 17 Frigates; 15 ships of war; and
8 scliooners.
clteeriilttcss, and gooil-iiatiiie. i\{cver reproacli
liim witli iiiisfoi'tiii'io~':, ivliioli are the accidents
and iiifirmitics of llLl."tl£lt‘l life : a burden which
each has engaged to assist the other in support-
ing, and to wliich both parties are cqtially ex-
posed ; but, iiistcad of iiiuritiuring, and reflec-
tions, divide the sotrow between you ; make the
best ofit, and it will be easier to both. It is the
innate office of the _s-after sex to sooilie the
troubles of the other. llcsolvc every morning
to be cheerful that day; and should any thing
occur to break your l'8S')lt_tll0ll, suffer it not to
‘put you out of temper ‘.‘.‘llll your littsbarid.
Dispute not with him, be the occasion what it
may; but much rather deny yourself the
trifling satisfactioii of li-tiring your own will, or
gaining the bctterpf an argtiineiit, than risk a
quarrel, or create a l}‘d8!'l~l)Ul'l‘tlt‘tf,‘;, which it is
impossible torus to see the end of. implicit sub-
mission iit a innit to liiswifc is cxcr tlisgr.’ ceful to
both; but implir.-it subinissioit in a “ill: to the
will oflier husband is what she promised at the
altar; what the goodwill revere liter for, and
what is, in fact, the greatest lionorshe can re-
ceive. Be assured, zt womtiii's power. as well
as her liappiiit.-ss, has no utlicr llitl!ttl.'Jll()n than
her ltusbaiitfs cstcciti atid love, which it is her
interest by all possible means, to preserve and
increase. Study, therefore, his temper, and
command your own. Enjoy with him his satis-
faction, share and south his cares, ?l!1{.l with the
utmost assiduity conceal his infirriiitics. Ifyou
value your own and your linsbatitl's case, let
your expenses and desires be ever witliiu the
reach of his circunistaiices; for ifpoverty should
follow, you must share the evil. Be very care-
ful never to give llltll any cause of jealniisy.
Let not many days pass without ti serious
examination into _vour cotidnct as :.i wilic; and if.
on reflection, yoti find yourself guilty of any
foibles or omissions, the best Zllt)t1t:ll}t;‘t1t is to be
more careful in future.
Saturday night is one oftliose resting places in
tliejouruey oflife when it becomes every man
to castan eve upon his accounts. To settle with
the world and his conscience. The business or
at brief week is easily coinpassctl ; its events are
so fresh in the recollection, that all its llll—$lZll{GS
may be rectilicd ; and its t'.:.‘£pt:l‘lCllt:(: turned to a
good account. The than of business should
then look over his books, examine his out stand-
ing debts, and see that all is stifc—tliis frcquciit
perusal is the more important if his accoiiiits arc
numerous-—-he must be over watchful. The
man who knows exactly how lie stands with the
world every Saturday night will never beat poor
man. Then too he should examine the book of
conscicncc—-review his words and actions, his
motives and his feelings, during the past week ;
if any thing is wrong, iiiurk it, and carry the
rerncmbrance of it into the next. ;voek, that he
may avoid its repetition ; aiming ever to tnor_lcl
his thoughts and words and actioiis, all his open
and secret conduct, by the golden itile. And as
every man owes constant returns of active grati-
tude to the wise and great Ruler of the universe.
which he cannot discharge better than by deed.-
of charit.y——it would be well to finish the settle-
ment by appropriating a portion of the clear
profits ofthe week to such a purpose, to be dis-
tributetl to the most propcrol;_jcct.s.
S[iecz'c comin,2'.—-'1‘lie schooner Creole, with
$50,000 in specie, arrived at New-Orleans July
31, from Tam pico. The Conductas had reached
there with $2,600,000; the schr. Lttmmonist
sailed the 19th for N. Orletius,wit li $5ll,0O0; and
Caitdidrilc for spcclalfrzvors.-—A man residing
lit: sortie part of Indiana, comes forward and re-
lrpiests the noniiiiation for 8. seat in the Legisla-
ture, and in his address we think he puts forth
claims which should strongly recommend him to
the favor of the dominant party. He says-
“I belicvcl was the first civilized man who
skinned a cooii, chased ti. deer, cauglit ti bear, or
trced 3. wild cat on the west side of White river}:
Iforrors of Civil W'ar.--The civil war in Spain
cart be best expressed in a single sentence, to
wit: Since 1833 there have been 2114 engage-
ments betwcen the antagonist parties, which
have (lestroyed 314,158 persons.
The editor of the Portland Courier ll'lS been
on a fir.-liing excursion. He caught a. few ‘fish
with a silver book, and was obliged to wade
ashore with a lady oti each arm. Almost as bad
a. pickle as the other down eastcr, who was buri-
ed in ll snow bank under half 8. ton of Dolly
Fiislier.-—Bo.-slon. ’1'z'mcs.
J)-ull Q/'apprchcnsz'on.——Thc New York Spi-
rit of the Times has the following:
“Stop that cow.” “I have got no stopper.”
“I-load li<;~i:.” “Her head is on the right end.”
“ 'l‘iirii her.” “Her skin is on the right side.”
“D-—n it speak to tier." “ Good txioriting Mrs.
Cow.”
The Hartford Times said it would as soon
look for democracy in Daniel VVel)ster’s speeches
as in Senator '1‘allmadge's letter——while the
Globe says that letter expresses the views of all
the leading detiiocrats who have the confidence
of the party. Wltat an undefinablc thing do-
mocracy is now-a-days. Its own paid supporters
cannot tell what. -it should be. They will soon
know where it will be, if they pay any attention
to the baud writing on the wal-l.——P(zlladt'um..
"11/l‘l:7'l.C€72. rea5on..s.—Anold English paper con-
tains tl.irteen objections given by a young lady
for declining a match; the twelve being the
stiitor’s twelve children, and the thirteenth, the
suitor hiuiself.
Sluzlrspcarc Inzproved.-—A belligerent. wight
threatened to /cicc~a dry cliaracter who had
ollended liirit. "If you undertake it," atisivernd
‘the cliallcngr:tl, “you will find yourself a man
more s/iz'.nncrl against than slLz'rzning."
Economy.-—A neighbor of ours informs us that
wood goes further, when left out of doors, than
when well housed ; some of his having gone tip-
wards ofu quarlcrofa mile, in one iiight.— Y -
man.’s Gazette
“ Have you seen the perpetual motion '1"
said a loq_u:iciotis old lady to her husband one
day. “ 1 cs, my dear," replied the gallant hus-
band. “ Wltere '1” inquired she. “Between
yourjaws, my love."
_ Feeling for another.-‘—A Quaker once hear-
ing at person tell how much befall for another,
who was sulfcririg and needed his assistance,
ilryly ask<;d l_iim, "Friend, hast thou felt in thy
pocket for him I!”
W'omen and men retiring timidly are coward-
ly only in dangers which effect themselves, the
first to rescue when others are endaiigered.
An exchange paper says, a hen and seven
cliickens were struck dead b ' a,/lush0flightm'ng'
u.-lric/i had taken refuge mi er a free.’
Our old friend Jacob Deemer, brought to our
ollice tispcctirien of real Van Btu-on Uals, rais-
ed on his farm in Williauts Township, measur-
ing 5 feet 9; inches. Who can beat it?
The above is from the Easton (Pa.) Sentinel.
We are sorry to hear that old Northainpton~-pro-.
the schr. Sarah Ann was ready to depart the
2.22.1, with $330,000 Il10l'C.'- Nor:/1.
luccs such stuff as “ Van But-en Otits”——-it is
however well named, for it is apparently all
' ..,_, ‘ ' ' I, __
stock and no grtiin—abundant in promise and
miserable in performance.-'— U. .5‘. Gaz.
Anecdole.—We were sontewbat amused, last
week, as we were riding in the country, at an
incidentwhich occurred, as one ofthe passerigers
left the coach in which we were traveling. He
Got down from the top of the coach, and was
asked by the driver if he had any baggage 'l——
‘ Yes,’ wasthe reply—-‘that jugtherc. 'l‘liat’s
lamp oil for the woman. And that keg--that's
swecl oil for myself. And that,’——'-as a basket of
tumblers was handed him-‘tliat's lam12s.—-Bos-
lon Hertzlrl.
Cork screws have sunk more people than
cork jackets will ever save.
Between Saturday afternoon’ and Sunday
morning there were four fires in New llziven.
Conn. three of which are supposed to have been
caused by inceridiaries. But little damage was
sustained in either of the cases.
A'riccrlofe.—A young fellow calling at the
otfice of one of our Dentists, in this city, :1 few
days since, remarked that his head uclied, and
proposed having itpullecl, to which the dentist
replied, ‘ It is my advice that you first have it
filled.’-— Courier.
Lots of Van Buren presses are advertised for
sale. \Ve trust that pa_vment will be made in
shin plasters—-the trite Van Bnrencurrency.
Sletzmboal Ii’uct'~ng.—-Tlie Ilighlauilcr and
North America had a race on Saturday after-
noon, on their wav up to Albany. As was I0 be
expected, they ran fotil of each other, to the
great alarm and distress of the passengers, and
serious datiiage of the owners’ pockets. The
captains ouglit to be indicted for their pains.-—-
N. Y. Spectator, August 10.
From the Courier i§- Enquirer.
‘ SEPA['~!A.'I‘I()N OF BANK S; .‘5'I‘A'l‘E.’
It is somewhat difficult to comprehend exact-
ly what the currency tinkeis really iittciid to
recommend under this ticw party slang of sepa-
rating Bank and State. It is easy enough to
understand the concealed object they have in
view, and we think the Whig presses canitot be
too vigilant in unmaskittg itto the people.
The late administration having violantly
seized upon and removed the deposites of the
Government from the Bank of the United
States, where they had been placed by act of
Congress, and deposited thetn in such banks as
bad sworn allegiance to the “Revered Chief,"
notwitlistanding all the warning that was given
in theni-—and such removal having produced
precisely the result anticipated and foretold by
Messrs. Clay, \Vcbster, Clayton, Calhoun. and
many others of the distinguished men of the
country, the Washingtoii Cabal, which induced
Gen. Jackson to ado'pt this unrighteous measure.
greatly fear the bad effects ofit upon “the party.”
It will therefore, be seen, that they itcitiier have,
ttor do they itow attempt to defend it; they know
it is indefensible--therefore it is, that it becomes
necessary to get up some hue and cry upon
which to rally their partizans, and the cry of a
“separation of Batik and State,” is that which
has been decided upon. The command to insist
upon a separation of the public monies front all
Battks, was given by the Globe, and lo! though
it never has been thought of. during the existence
for almost balfa century of oitr present Constitu-
tioii-—-though the five preceding Presidents and
their advisers, and all the wise legislators and
cabinet secretaries have nevertliought of such a
meas°ure--yet behold, as in a moment, light has
flashed into the ittinds of every party mart, de-
voted to the currency linkers. and they are call-
ing aloud to the people that for forty-seven years,
those who have guided the destinies of this tia-
t.ion, have been more tyro's in political science.
\Vasltington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe and
Adams, General Hamilton, Mr. Gallatin, Mr.
Dallas, and all other great financiers, were noth-
ing to compare in the estimation of our modern
experimenters, to Kendall, Blair 66 Co.-—l'or the
former never discovered that the only way to
keep the treasure of the country safe was to
place it entirely under the control ofthe tools of
a political party, that they may the better wield
it, to rralie "spoils for the victors." This is the
grand secret that liasjust been discovered. This
we can assure our readers is the grand end and
aim of the slang that is in the mouth ofevery
wliipper in ofthe party, :hat Batik and State must
be separated.
The managers of tltc party at \-Vasliington,
see plainly that the representatives of the peo-
ple can never be brought again to entrust the
public monies with any selected pet Banks of
the administration, and well do these managers
know, that should the monies be placed in any
one honcsl Bank, they will be so coiitintially be-
fore the people that little or no party use can be
made of them. Hence we say again, the im-
portant discovery that Bank and State must be
divorced. The cry of the last admiriistration
was “down with the Utiited States Batik, State
Banks are the only safe depositories." Arid but
very lately the watch word of the present one
was “down with all Bar‘tlcs”——but the 700
Sachems of Tammany revolted at the latter cry,
and now the tune is changed. and they have
adopted the important discovery on which we
comment. Agaiiist such unhallowed strides to
supreme power, we desire to raise our \'oice.
\Ve desire in the most solemn manner to enter
upon record our utter abhorrence of the doctrine,
that the money ofthe people shall be placed for
safe keeping in the hands of political aspiraiits of
the day. We forewarn our fellow citizens
against so anti-republican, so 1)Z077.a7-clzinal a
measure. \Vliat! place the purse strings ofthe
nation in the hands of those who are to pay
themselves front its contents? As well miglit
the shepherd place the lamb in the keepingoftlie
wolf. Again we say to our fellow citizens, be-
waru! lest in giving the slightest countenance to
the separation of your money from some one
safe bankinginstitution, and conliding it to politi-
cal parasites, you should separate yourselves
and your desc...-ndants from the liberties be-
qneaitied to you.
Beware also of the proposition uitblusliirigly
put forth from the same source, to convert the
post office department into an exchattge bank,
for this is but aiiotlter link in the same chain that
is to bind you down to the despotism of unbrid-
led power.
We copy the subjoincd well considered ob-
servations upon the business which will proba-
bly first and inevitably engage the attention of
Congress, at its approaching extraordinary ses-
sion, from " the Financial Register ofthe United
States” of Wednesday last; in the general pur-
port of which we concur. Resetting to a loan,
however, would, it appears to us, be preferable,
ll" 5eV‘”3lF0E1S0!tS.|tta postponement ofthe coin-
plete execution of the Distribution Law. One
important-(if not conclusive) reason for this pre-
ference would be, that, on tltefuitlt ofthe United
States pledged by that law, the states have
generally appropriated, to the utmost farihing,
the amount subject to distribution (or deposite)
among them.
It will not be a very agreeable thing, we
know. . to the Executive, to recommend the
authorization ofa Loan of Ten Millions of Dol-
lars. But the Executive will of course submit,
with what grace it can, to the necessary conse-
quence of the abortion of its scheme for substitut-
ing a “ better currency" for the very best cur-
rency ever possessed and enjoyed by anv nation.
National Inlelligcnccr. "
E1‘ "005 from “ The Financial Register."
Congress is to assemble on the first of Seoten1- _
..
her next. Amongst the acts_ which are deemed
indispensable at this period, are the repeal ofthe
law directing the distribution of the October in-
stalment of near ten millions of dollars amongst
the states ; and a decision as to the collection of
therevenue during the continuance of the sus-
pension of specie payments by the banks.
By the statement of the Secretary of the
treasury, published in the Globe ofthe 1st May,
the 1st ofApiil, the revenue amounted to
$8,768,325
By subsequent statements pub- ’ ‘ ~
lished monthly in the same_paper',
it also appears that the receipts
from all sources zttiiourited to——
In April,
From customs $983,600
From lands 1,011,700
__.._..—- 1.995.300
And in May,
From customs, about $986,650‘
From lands 877 314
--————--j.
1 863,964
————-
12,627,589
Making a total in five months of
’l‘o this add the balance re-
rnaitiittgin thcTreasury on the 1st
of January, after setting apart the
su m of $37,468,859, to be distribut-
ed amongst the Statesiu tour equal
instalments, on the 1st of January,
April, July, and October, respec-
tively, tlirec of which have been
paid
And the amount of available
fiirtcls will be
The expenditures during the
same five months, as appears
from the saute publislied state-
ment, were as follows:
In Jan. Feb. and Mai'cli,7,-109,731
In April. 3,887,403
In May, 2,727,117
5,000,000
$517,627,589
1-1,021.2-51
Leaving a balance in the Trea-
sury, on the 1st June, of 553.503.3399
The total amount of appropriations made by
Congress at its last session, as appears from an
ofiicial tlocument before us. was -$32,266,325.
“ exclusive ofthe indefinite appropriations," the
probable amount of which is not stated. Of this
amount, it appears above that $14,024,251 had
been paid before the 1st of June, leaving
$18,?/12,07-I still to be paid during the year 1837,
towards which there was on hartd only
$3,603,228. To comply, therefore, with all the
demands upon the Treasury, there will still be
wanted between the 1st of June and the 31st of
December, the sum of $14,638,735: being at
the rate of upwards of two millions of dollars per
montlt.
During the months ofJiine, July, August and
September, the revenue from customs will have
been very limited, owing to the lying over of
the mcrcliants’ bonds for duties in all the large
cities; and should the sales of lands also have
been diminished, as ltas probably been the case,
it is more than probable that, by the first of
October, there will not be a dollar in the Trea-
sury, either iri the shape of gold, silver, or eveit
batik notes. That the insolvency ofmerchants
will cause a large amount of the bonds, which
are now lying over until October, to remain un-
paid for a longer period, can hardly be questioned;
and it is, therefore, not easy to see, especially
under the present prospects ofa future dimir:isli-
ed revenue from the diminution of commerce,
how the Government can carry on its affairs
rivitltout holding back from the States the October
instalmciit of the surplus revenue.
As regards the second measure to which we
liavo advcrteil, it is clear that,’ if Congress
should resolve that the bonds of the merchants
shall bcpald in specie, or its equivalent in paper.
it will be bound in justice to refund to every
public creditor who ltas been paid, since the sus-
pension of specie payments, in drafts on the de-
posite battks which have not been applied to the
payment ofdcbtsto the Government. an amount
equal to the difference. between specie and pa-
per, or else the injustice will have been commit-
ted of taking from Peter what belonged to Paul,
which is altogether unjustifiable. W'c incline,
however, to the opinion that Congress will be
disposed to consider the suspension of the pay-
iiteut of bonds as a quasi bankruptcy, which will
justify them in taking what they can get, rather
than contend for a one-sided justice, which may
multiply their difficulties, and augment their
mass of “ unavailable funds,” no doubt already
greatly increased by the reftisal, since the sits-
pension of specie payments, to take bank notes
for duties. '
The “Convention of Business men," have
assembled in Philadelphia, and on the 2d inst.
organized their assembly by the appointment of
the Hon. \Villiam Halsey, of New Jersey.
President; James Brewster. of Connecticut, and
Fhillip Raybold, of Delaware, Vice Presidents;
and Daniel M’Keim of Philadelpliia, and R. N.
Strattan ofNew York, Secretaries.
The proceedings are stated to have been con-
ditcted with the utmost harmony and good fel-
lowship. They adopted some twenty or two
dozen Resolutions almost unanimously. They
strongly rcprchend ,tbe idea of a treasury batik
under the control of the government. The
present distresses of the country they attribute to
several and in most cases -the true causes, the
principal of which are—the manner ofdistribut-
ing the public revenues among the states; the
iiiterruptiotis aflbrded to comutercial engage-
nieuts, by withdrawing from its ordinary busi-
ness channels zi large amount of money, collect-
ed for the public use; the ex:essive issues of
batik paper, and the facilities thereby afforded for
extensive and rash contracts and speculations in
land, stocks, (Sac. the neglectofagricultural pur-
suits; the excessyof iniportatiotss over exporta-
tions; the idleness, luxury and extravagance in
which too many have indulged; and the in-
tense political excitement which has pervaded all
parts of the country. '
They decla-re gold and silver the only consti-
tutional staiidard, but represent a well regulated
and guarrlcd system of bank creditas essentially
necessary in the prosperity and happiness of the
country.
They disapprove of giving credits on import
duties, which they conceive ought to be paid in
cash ; and strongly recommend a liberal bounty
oit the cultivation of raw silk in the country.
An uniform system of bankruptcy throughout
the union is suggested as a desirable subject for
legislation, as well as the further encouragement
of education.
These appear to be the subjects to which they
have directed their deliberations and resolves ;
and they conclude their resolutions with seine
strong and just references to the prejudicial con-
sequences arising from existing party feelings,
. and political animosities.—-Review Telegraph.
Fruilsgl/to E.rper2'.mcnl.—-One individual in
the town of Hallowell, Mtiirie, paid out for the
purchase-of‘ wool during the last reason, sixty-
five thousand one hundred and fifty-nine dol-
lars; all of which was distributed among the
,tirmers in Kenebec, Penobscot, &c. This year
not one cent have they received for their wool-—
ito purchasers can be found—-the mills are stop-
in
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ll 3Pl“31"-‘5 ‘hm ll""“ ll"? 1510f -l3""a".Y 135‘ ll’ journed on the 22d ult. A batik bill was passed
ped—-hundreds are oitt of‘ employment, and call- the opinions of Washington and Jefferson in the
-1! for labor if ltrmri '-'-'il'.1‘-'\'N‘ ‘-'-"-"“-“W3 "W-‘ ‘me 0‘ such ttuthority.-—Hart,/?>rrl Courieh.
. .‘i_.'é-
Here is one among the thousand examples of
misery which has been brought upon this coun-
try by Van Buren and his coadjutors, and yet
there is a. set in Rhode Island, who risk us to
send Dutee J. Pearce and Jesse Howard to
Congress, to email this misery upon our child-
ren !—Proviclence Journal.
1llz'noi3.—Tlie Legislature of this State ad-
containingthe followiiig provisions : The banks
are allowed to suspend specie payments until
the end of the next session ; uo dividends shall
be-rnade until the resumption ofspecic payments.
Theflbanks are prohibited from parting with
specie ‘except for change to the amount of five
dollars or under. The banks to furnish it
monthly statement of their affairs. Their cir-
culation not to exceed the capital stock paid in ;
special deposites from the’ States to be paid in
kind ; debtors to the banks to be allowed to pay
instalments of 10 per cent. upon the amount of
their indebtedness, on giving good security for a
time to be agreed upon; violations of the act to
be decnted forfeiture of charter ; the governor to
make proclamation of the acceptance ofthe act
by the individual banks; the act to reuiziin in
force until the end of next sessioit.—Posl.
Gen.Jackson’s successor is at length “com-
mitted"—ungo\vned. It has been satisfactolrialy
ascertained that he ‘‘agrees'‘ with C01. Benton,
and perfectly “coincides" in opinion with Mr.
Tallmadge and the Albany " Republican
(whew!) General Comrhittee.” He is in favor
ofan “ exclusively" metallic circulating meiliu in,
arid of a currency composed “exclusively” of
paper. Also, of a “ mixed currency," contain-
ing “judicious" proportions of metal and paper.
He is most devoutly opposed to all banks, from
Nick Biddlc’s down to the most insignificant
state “ monster,” considering them as he does,
the ntost deadly foes of the “ producing classes,"
institutions calculated to make the rich richer,
and the poor poorer still—and for his own part
considers it “glory c.nough”—as much as one
common man can stagger under-—to have served
under a chief who has been for years engaged in
a crusade against them. At the same time he
wishes it to be distinctly understood that be con-
siders banks very useful institutions, and the idea
ofgetting along withoutthem, altogether absur.-. ;
a thing which visionaries may dream of, but
practical men never can effect, and that none
but a madman or a fool will ever think of dis-
pensing with altogetber. He considers the crea-
tion ofa'United StatesBank the greatest calamity
that could befal the nation, but if the Lord spares
his life, and the Whigs don't prevent him, he is
determined to have a United States Bank
chartered next session which shall not only com-
bine the rnonstrosities of Nick Biddlc’s
quan Institution, but become the perfectioii
of monopoly by being made a branch of the
Treasury, to be used by him and his associates
for the purpose of buying men like cattle in the
rnarket,-—Conn_aut (Ohio) Gazelle.
From the Baltimore Clt1rom'cZc.
The “ Thirteen Dollar" Jl1cn.—The editor of
the Cbarlestown (Va.) Free Press, it appears
from the following extract of his paper of the 3d
inst. was a paszenger in the same cars which
brought the “thirteen dollar” men frotn Wash-
these “ liirelings” towards a .-gentleman of this
city, who was a passengerin the cars.
tor ofthe Free Press was presentat the time, and
speaks of it as it deserves.
Front the C/zarleslorcn Free Press.
“ Thatthe Whigs comprise a majority oftlic
legal voters ofthe city, no man at all acquainted
with the true condition of affairs will pretend to
dispute. To carry this election was an,‘ bject
all important to the Government, and tliatibject
was to be consummated no matter at what cost.
We ourselves saw a squad of men, iclio /ma’. been
taken from the treasury builtl2'7z_.2' at l'Vas/z.inglon..
ington. \ We had heard before of the indignity of
The edi-°
‘‘ Don't give I
emoanan.
NORWALK, WEDNESDAY, AUG. 16, I837.
lp the Ship.”
More “ Au;/‘ul .Disclosu1'es."--Gen. Jackson
in a recent letter to the editor of the Globe as-’
serts that “ the commercial community,” “Bid-5
die” and “the Deposiie Banks" have suspend-‘l,
ed specie payments “ purely with the view" to‘ I
“degrade, embarrass and ruin, if they could, ..
their own country.” We have always under-
stood that “the Main of Sin" wore a triple
crown ; but we never thought before that tlte oi-.-I
General would ever make any disclosures which
would entitle him totlie cast-olfpetticoats ofM&-
ria Monk. But we do think. that be has now
really earned them.
0;‘? It seems, (if the “Hero of the three
wars” against Tom Benton, the Constitution and
the Currency, isto have any influence at Wash-.
ingtoo,).tliat at /Lard-money currency is still the
hobby of “the powers that be”—thc late bank-.
qualtiis of the Globe to the contrary nbtwith-
staiidihfn “ The revenue” is “ to be payable in ,
gold and silver coin, (no credits) and to be dis-
bursed in gold and silver.” This will quite al-
ter the present state of things. Now the pay-
ments to the Goveriinieut are required to,be
made in gold and silver; but how soon does "lllt;
Government” mean to pay its own debts in the
same way? Tit for tat, Amos—bonor among
thieves!
“ Jllortslcur ’1'mi.sont.~onic aga2'n.”—Tlic credil.
of “the Goveriimctit” must be extreniely down
indeed,‘ wlien they are obliged to hunt up an in-_
dorser for.thcir exploded “ experiment" doctrines
in the person of the old Hermit of Tennessee...
It is nevertheless true, that “ the powers that be"
have had recourse to the powers that were to sup-
tain their sinking popularity; and the old Gene-
ral has rallied at the call, and thrown hiitiscll’
again into the arena,
\
To fight his battles o'er again
And thrice to slay the siuin.
The Globe has recently published two lcftcrs
from the late President, in which he curses his
Old P895: the Depositc Banks, and swears tliaf.
Biddle aud the Bnrings are at the bottom of all
the iiiischicf that has troubled the couiitrysiiiclg
“my government” left \Vasliington. We do
not blame the old gentleman for getting a little
wrathy at the operatiott of his State Bank ma-
chinery; and if we thought it would do any
paid fin‘ at $13 a head. and transported to
Baltimore to cote _/br Iloward and fl-Ir:Ii’im.
They were under the escort of McI(ini’s clerk,
and one of them, being unable to ‘restrain his
bullying and ferocious temper on the way, com-
menced a tirade oflow and vulgar abuse upon a
citizen of Baltimore, for the onlysiii (as we could
see) of being genteel and respectable.”
Lilllc Business.——VVe think the following
may be considered a little the most dirty tlli!-play
of party meanness ever exhibited. It is charac-
terisic, however, of isaac hill and his legislature,
and will doubtless redound to the honor of the
most loyal State ofNew I{_Z_1lI]pSlllt'e.--ffar.//‘07‘{]
Courier.
The New Hampshire Legislature, during its
late session, was guilty of one of the most con-
temptible acts of party legislation on record. It
seems that there are two or three ‘.Vliig Regis-
ters of Probate in the State, who were appointed
before the now dominant party came into power,
and whom they cannot conveniently oust from
their places. The legislature according to a
decision of the Supreme Court, has no power to
remove them, and so, as a last resort, at law was
passed reducing the salaries of all Registers ap-
pointed prior to June, 1835, to 5550. Several of
those appointed before that time, were Van Bu-
ren men, and so resigned forthwith, but were
immediately reappointed, and their salaries go
on as usual. The Whigs held on at the last
dates, but whether they will continue to perform
their duties, for the sake of defeating the plans of
the party, we know 1101.--lvc‘lb‘lm'I'_?/])0’I'l I‘ICT6lllZ.
A gentleman of this city states, that on ap-
plying at: the Merchants’ Bank, New-Orleans,
to exchange some N. 0, money, for the bills of
the U. S. Bank, he found that a package of these
bills htidjust been received, and as they had not
been counted he was requested to call again at 5
o’clock. At that hour he again entered the
bank, finding the doors closed but not locked,
and was surprised and amused to find from 20 to
40 men, chiefly flat boat dealers, anxiously wait-
ing to change their N. Orleans money for the
bills of the United States Bank, now a. mere
State institution, instead of drawing specie.-
Here is a. commentary upon General Jackson’s
specie currency doctrines. The people prefer
the notes of the United States Bank to specie,
although they cannot use them in the purchase
of la.nd,—Lou1'sville Journal.
Opinions.--A “city cotemporttry” of last
Saturday, enlightens its readers with considera-
ble of an article, giving the opinions of suitdry
great men of by-goneitimes, upon the subject of
Banks and pit er money. Why don’t you give
them the opinions of the Globe, Mr. “ Cotc_m-
portiry 3” That is the standard. The opinions
of Washington, Jefferson, and Lee used to
weigh nothing in comparison. , Ecce signum_.'
“ In seven rrtonths from this time, bank rags will
be abolislzed, and the whole country oversprcad
with gold.” Item, “The cliiirierical sc/tcmg: of
an exclusive metallic currency was never enter-
tained by the friends of the past or present ad-
rriinistrtttiott !” Item, “Gold and silver are the
only constitutional currency-—bank notes are
only worthless promises.” Item, “Banks can-
not be dispensed with, except at the sacrifice of
all justice in regard to the contracts made under
it. mixed currency.” “Them’is my sentiments,”
say the “democracy,” and it is useless to quote
l
good, should not hesitate to adrniuistcr a severe
rebuke to Mr. Biddle for thus continuing to pes-
ter “thc retirticy" of the llermitage. However,
we hope that this blowing off the steam through
the columns of the Globe, will soniewhat allay
the old gentletnaifs piission,and have a tendon-
cy to cool his over-lieatetl copper. .
But we must give our readers an extract or
two fioin the letters. After singing the praises
of gold and silver coin and denouncing thesoul- ’
esriess of Banks. lie fallsttiath and nail upon the
mercantile interests. and sets forth the wicked ce-
nlition between the merchants and the Banks in
all its hideous deformity:
“The eoinmerciiil conimtinity hitherto has
been fostered by the Government, to'lie great
injury of the labor ofthe country, until more
cantile aristocracy combined with the banks, lizive
assumed the right to control and manage the
Government, as their particular interest requires,
regardless of the great democracy of nuinbers.
who they believe ought to be, and they are de-
termincd they shall be, licwers of wood and
drawers of water. I repeat, that I am proud to
see the firm and noble stand taken by the Exec-
utive Goverument on this occasion.
“ The history ofthe world has never recorded
such base treachery and perlidy as has been\‘
committed by the (ll~‘[)t)Slle banks against the go-
vernment, and surely with the view of gratify-
ing Biddle aud the Barings, and by the suspen:
siou ofspecie payments. degratle, embarrass, and
ruin. they could, I/itir oiwt country."
This from any other source, would excite some
little astonishment. B u: we are all familiar with
the ravings of Gen. Jackson on tliissubject. And
this fresh burst of spleen is in perfect keeping
with the veiiotxtous cxpectoratioiis which lizive
preceded it. It is 8 most wziiiton and malicious
libel upon the mercantile community, It is add-
ingtlte grossest ittsult to the most gelling iitjtiry.
The policy of “the predecessor,” followed up
by his successor, has reduced thousands from af- -
fluence to poverty-.—.-aiitl yet the class to which
most of the victims of this policy belong, are
now told by the author of their sufferings, thin"
they have broiigbt the evil upon their "own
heads—tliat their failures originated in "treach-
eryand perfidy against the governnient,"_;tt_til
that they suspended payment with “a View to
degrade, embarrass, and ruin, if they could, their
own country.” _ ‘
This is all of a piece with the whole history:
of Gen. Jackson’s war upon the U. S_. Bank.—'_
-He commenced with ordering the bank to 'remove
such of its officcrs as were, on account ofttheir
political opinions, obnoxious to the reigning dy-
nasty, and as soon as he found that these orders
would not be complied with, he forthwith de-
nounced the Bank as an. engine of corruption,
and exploded against it all the'5nathemas in his
vocabulary of curses. And now, when .“|h'p-
monster” has heen slain, ‘and his own darling
State Bank system has had afullandfair trial-
rtow when his grand “.'experirnent" hag failed-V-.
Its failure is attributedjto, _at__1y thing and every
Norwalk Chronicler