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THE MADISONIAli. THOMAS ALLEN, EDITOR 4MB P?or?IETO?. The M4D..OKUH ? publ.^J Tri weekly during the ?ltwg* of Congww, wJ S??.i-weekly llw ce**, at ?5 (*" anuuiu. for ??* laoMM, f>?. No *ub*cription will be taken for a term .hurt of Uk month* ; nor unless l?*id <?' ?" ??*??"?? rKICB or 1DV**TI?IN0. Twelve lines, or less, three insertion*, . - 81 00 Each additional insertion, - Longer advertisement* *t proportionate rate*. A liberal discount made to those who advertise by ''VjT.SubacriUer* may remit by mail, in billa of solvent banks. potUg* P*"t. ?' our fwl11 provided it ahall ap pear by a postmaster's certificate, that such remittance has been duly mailed. , , \ liberal discount will be made to companies ol five or 'more transmitting their subscriptions together. Postmaster*, and others authorized, acting a* our ??ents will be entitled to receive a copy of the paj?cr tan, for every five .uUcribers or, at that rate per cent, on subscription* generally ; the terms being fulfilled. 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Tit* MaDWONU* will be devoted to the support ol the principles and doctrines of the democratic party, as delineated by Mr Madison, and will aim to consummate that iMjhtirai reform in the theory and practice of the national government, which has been repeatedly indi cated by the general sufferage, as asseiitml to the peace and prosperity of the country, and to the perfection and perpetuity of its free institutions At this time a singu lar stale of affairs is presented, 'ihe commercial in terests of the country are overwhelmed with embarrass ment ; it* monetary concerns arc unusually disordered ; every ramification of society is invaded by distress, and the social edifice seems threatened w ith disorganization; every eari?rftU?d with predictions of evil and the mur muring# of despondency ; tho general government is boldly?assailed by a large and respectable jiortion of the people, as the direct cause of their difficulties; open resistance to the laws is publicly encouraged, and a spirit of insubordination is fostered, as a necessary defence to the pretended usurpations of the party in power; some, from whom belter things were hoped, are making tho "contusion worse confounded," by ahead long pursuit of extreme notion* and indefinite phantoms, totally incompatible with a wholesome state of the country. In the midst of all these difficulties and em barrassments, it is feared that many ot the less firm of the friends of the administration and supporters of democratic principles are wavering in their confidence, and beginning, without" just cause, to view with distrust those men to whom they have been long attached, and whose elevation they have laboured to promote from honest and patriotic motive*. Exulting in the anticipa tion of dismay and confusion amongst the supporters of the administration as the consequence of these things, the opposition are consoling themselves with the idea that Mr. Van Buren's friends, as a national parly, are verging to dissolution ; and they allow no opportunity to pass unimproved to give eclat to their own doctrines. They are, indeed, maturing plans for their own future government of the country, with seeming confidence of certain success. This confidence is increased by the fact, thst visionary theories, and an unwise adherence to the plan for an ticluitne metallic currency have unfortunately carried some beyond the actual and true policy of the govern ment ; and, by impairing public confidence in the credit system, which ought to be preserved and regulated, but not destroyed, have tended to increase the difficulties under which the country is now labouring. All these seem to indicate the necessity of a new organ at the seat of government, to be established upon sound prin ciples, and to represent faithfully, and not to dicta'e, the real policy of the administration, and the true sentiments, measures, and interests, of the great body of its sup porters. The necessity also appears of the adoption of more conservative principles than the conduct of those seems to indicate who seek to femedy abuses' by de stroying the institutions with which they are found con nected. Indeed some measure of contribution is deemed essential to the enhancement of our own self-respect at home, and to the promotion of the honor and credit of the nation abroad. To meet these indications this undertaking has lieen instituted, and it is hoped that it will produce the effect of inspiring tho timid with courage, the desponding with hope, and the whole country with confidence in the administration of its government. In this view, this journal will not seek to lead, or to follow any faction, or to advocate the views of any particular detachment of men.* It will aspire to accord a just measure of sup port to each of the co-ordinate branches of the govern ment, in tho lawful exercise of their constitutional prerogatives. It will address itself to the understandings of men, rather than appeal to any unworthy prejudices or evil passions. It will rely Invariably upon the prin ciple, that the strength and security of American insti tutions depend upon the intelligence and virtue of the Bpople. The Madisoni'an will not, in any event, be made the instrument of arraying the north and the south, the east and the west, in hostile altitudes towards each other, upon any subject of either general or local interest. It will reflect only that spirit and those principles of mutual concession, compromise, and reciprocal good-will, which so eminently characterized the inception, formation, and subsequent adoption, by the several States, of the con stitution of the United States. Moreover, in the same hallowed spirit that has, at all periods since the adoption of that sacred instrument, characterized its defence by the people, our press will hasten to its support at every emergency that shall arise, from whatever quarter, and under whatever guise of philanthropy, policy, or principle, the antagonist power inay appear. If, in this responsible undertaking, it shall be our good fortune to succeed to any degree in promoting the harmony and prosperity of tho country, or m conciliating jealousies, and allaying the asperities of party warfare, by demeaning ourself amicably towards ail; by indulg ing personal animosities towards none; by conducting ourself in the belief that it is perfectly practicable to differ with other* in matters of principle and of expe diency, wilhout a mixture of personal unkindness or loss of reciprocal respect; and by " asking nothing that is not clearly right, and submitting to nothing that is wrong," then, and not otherwise, will the full measure of its intention be accomplished, and our primary rule for its guidance be sufficiently observed and satisfied. This enterprize has not been undertaken without the approbation, advisement, and pledged support of many of the leading and soundest minds in the ranks of the deinocractic republican party, in the extreme north and in the extreme south, in the east and in the west. An association of both political experience and talent of the highest order will render it competent to carry forward the principles by which it will be guided, and make it useful as a political organ, and interesting as a journal of news. Arrangements also have been made to fix the establishment upon a substantial and permanent basis. The subscriber, therefore, relies upon tho public for so much of their confidence and encouragement only as the fidelity of his press to their great national interests shall prove itself entitled to rcceive. THOMAS ALLEN. Washington City, D. C. July, 1837 NOTICE. THE New York and Boston Illinois Land Company will offer at public auction at their office in the town of Ijuincy, Adams County. Illinois, on Monday the U7th day of November next, 100,(XX) acres of their Lands situ ated in the Military Tract in said State. Lists of the lands may lie had at ihe office of said Com pany in Qinncy and at 44 Wall Street, New York. A minimum price will be affixed to each lot at tho time it is offered. JOHN TILLSON, Jr. Agent for the N. Y At B. III. L Co. Aug. 25, 1837. lawtNov?8 PRINTER'S I'APEll. PRINTING PAPER, with or without sizinir. of all qualities, made at the Saugerties Mill, Ulster County, New York. Orders will be promptly attended to if ad dressed tothe Ajent. WILLIAM BRADFORD, No. 16 Spruce street, New York. HENRY BARCLAY, Proprietor. Sept. 2. 2w0 G1 LOVES, SUSPENDERS. STOCKS. WOOLLEN T SHIRTS, AND DRAWERS. ? We have to-day opened? 30 do*. Suspenders, liest kind. 50 <!o. superior Gloves. SO (lb. Stocks, best make. 50 pieces Silk Pocket Handkerchiefs. SO dozen Gentlemen'* Ribbed VVnotion Drawers. 50 do. ? do. do. do. Shirts. 6 do. Raw Silk Shirts. Also, 50 pieces Irish Linens. 200 dp. Sea Island Cotton Shirtin**. BRADLEY 6l CATI.ETT. Sept. 8. 3taw2w8 THE MADISON IAN. VOL.1. WASHINGTON CITY, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1837. NO. 18. HTOVEH! STOVES I ANI) (iRATEN. I HA VE just received from tho North a venr large sup ply of Stow*, Gratea, and double Block Tin Ware? (lofftw Biggins, Dressing Bmos, <Scu. 1 have Stove* of almost nil kinds, suitable for mkxW or coal. In thr first place, I l??ve the Rotary Cooking Sloven of all the differ eat sises, No. 0, I, 8, and 3. Ten Plate Stove* of all the different ami's, Loth lor cooking and plain. Franklin Stoves of all the different ?ice*. I hate rami) very splen did Parlor Su?vos for burning uwod or loam. Coal Stovca of all sites. Dr. Spoor'* Coal Stove*, fancy and plain top*, from No. 1 to 5. Coal Stove* of other kind*. Dr. Spoor's Coal Stoves and the Globe Stoves-are most suit able for Public offices, large hulls, churche*, stores, awl steaintioals, or any apartment where you wish a strong heat. In fact I have Stoves that will heat any place, either with wood or coal. I have the latest fashion Mantle Orate*, both low and lnuh fronts, very cheap?and if 1 have not a pattern of (irate on hand that will suit, I can make it at the shortest notice, to suit any fancy. I am fully prepared to do any kind of Tin, Copper, Sheet Iron, Stove, Grate, Lead or Zinc work, at the shortest notice. Any person or persons buying Stoves or Grates from the subscriber, or any other thing in his line, will have them sent home in good order, free of any extra charge. Stoves will be put up ready for use, free of any extra charge. All the aliove articles will be sold very low, and all or ders thankfully received and punctually attended to, with despatch, as I -"hall hive a numlicr of first rate workmen. Five doors Enat of D. Clsirett's Dry Good Store, next door to E. Dyer's Auction Store, Penn A v. CLEMENT WOODWARD. Sept. 0. (Intel, and Globe.) 3t8 BANK OF WA8H1NCJTON. 39th August, 1837. AT the regular meeting of the lloanl this day, present, the President and nine of the Directors, it was una nimously Kr?olved, 1st. That on and after the first of September next the notes of this Bank be redeemed iu specie. 2d. That all deposites remaining undrawn, (the same having nearly all been received since the suspension of specie payments,) and all future deposit en, other than such as may b? made in specie, and be at,the time so en tered, lie payable iu notes current in the District of Co lumbia. 3d. That all collections for Banks and individuals, and all curtuils. be received in notes current as atiovo ; and thut all sums so collected be paid in like funds. W. GUNTON, President. JAS. ADAMS, Cashier. Cteodfl /CONGRESSIONAL DOCUMENTS, JOURNALS, KJ LAWS, AND DEBATES.?GEORGE TEM PLEMAN has for sale at his Book and Stationary Store, opposite the General Post Office, all the Journals of Con gress, from 1771 to 1 H;17. (inlc* and Seaton's American State Papers in 21 folio vols , from the first to the 21th Congress inclusive, or from 1789 to 1823. The Regular Series of Documents in royal 8 vo. vol umes, as published each Session, from the IHth to the 84th Congress inclusive, or from 1823 to 1837. The Laws of Congress, in 8 vols, containing the Laws from the first to the 22d Congress inclusive, or from 1789 to 4th ol March, 1833 ; the seiies is made complete to the 4th of March, 1837, by the namphlet Laws of the 23d and 24th Congress. This is the edition used by Congress and the Public Offices. Story's Laws of the United States, in 4 vols, from 1789 to 4th of March, 1837. The 4th vol. contains an index to the four volumes. The pamphlet or Session Laws of the United States from the 5th to the 24th Conrgess inclusive, or from 1797 to 1837. Any separate pamphlets can be furnished. Gales and Seaton's Register of Debates in Congress. All Documents on Foreign Relations; Finance, Com merce, and Navigation ; Internal Improvement; Military and Naval Affairs ; Indian Affairs ; rublic Lands, and on Claims of every description can be furnished separately in sheets. Also, for sale as above, a large collection of files > Newspapers published in Washington, and some of tin principal.cities in the United States. Aug. 23. tf3 BOARDING HOUSE. MRS. TAYLOR can accommodate Members of Con gress, or other gentlemen, either with or without families, at her house, pleasantly situated, near the north east corner of 10th ami E street; being froin thence an agreeable walk to the Capital or to the public Depart ments. Aug. 30. tf5 HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS?We have for sale? 50 pieces ingrain carpeting, which we will sell low. 50 do Brussels. 62 do 5-4, 6-4, 10-4, and 12-4 Linen Sheetings. 100 do , 7-4, 8-4 Barnsly Diapers. 8-4, 10-4 and 20-4 fine Table Clotlis. Napkins to match. 1 bale Russia Diaper. 1 bale w ide Crash. Also, 50 Marseilles Quilts. BRADLEY & CATLETT. Se.p 9?3tw2w WK have for sale, which we will have made up in the liest manner? 20 pieces super, black Cloth*. 100 do ribbed and plain Cassimeres. 20 do plain and figured velvet Vestings. 50 do colored and black Silk Vestings. BRADLEY & CATLETT. Sep 9?3tw2w8 E HAVE FOR SALE? 100 pieces tllack Silks, superior make 50 do Figured Blue Black do 150 do Colored Figured Silks 100 do Plain do The aliove will be sold low. BRADLEY &CATLETT. S9?3taw3w (Globe.) SAMUEL HEINECKE informs his friends and the public, that he has taken a room four doors north ol Doctor Gunton's apothecary store, on ninth street, where he w ill carry on hi* business. He feels confident, from hi* lone; experience in cutting all kinds of garment*, that general satisfaction will be given to such as may favor nim with their custom. sep 23 3ta\v3w PHRENOLOGY.?The subscriber has taken an office for a few days, in Elliot's buildings, near the Native American Hotel, where he will make examinations and give instructions in the Science of Phrenology. All who may wish to put this science, which tcaches that the charactcr and talents of persons are indicated by the form and size of the head, to the searching test of practical experiment, or to obtain correct and minute de scriptions of their own characters, are invited to cull. Each examination will be accompanied by nn extensive work upon the subject, presenting a full view of Phreno logy and also preserving the description given. K7lndividuals will lie waited upon at his office, and select parties and families at their dwellings. 15 AL0N70 BARTLETT. PENSION ET ECOLE FRANCAISE ET AN GLAISE.?Madame DORM AN has re-open her French anil English' Boarding anil Day School. She teaches herself the French school, and a very competent young lady from New York teuches the English school? situate on loth street, four doors from the Avenue, CONFERENCES AND CONVERSATIONS IN FRENCH. Madame Dorhan will devote three hours in the even ing to Conferences and Conversations in French, for the improvement of I.idles of mature years, and of young lauies who study or have studied this language, as it is the best way to remove and prevent the objections that those who have learned this language by study are seldom able to converse it. At the North, Conferences and Conversa tion rooms, such as Madame Dorman proposes, are always crowded; this manner of instruction being both pleasing and fashionable. Ladies wishing to attend them will please apply to Madame Doriuan. Sept. 12. 2aw3wll NOTICE. THE 8UBSCRH1ER Wishes to procure a Lot-of ground of about 20 or 25 acres, intended for Wheat or Rye, this season, as near the Capitol as possible; for the purjioso of exhibiting during the present session of Congress, his Patent, Revolving Harrow, Ate. As a proof of the superiority of this implement over the common drag harrow lor pulverizing the soil, and the destruction of weeds, he is willing to take one half of the field w ith three good horses, to be worked abreast by one man,against six common drag harrows, each two horses and one man ; in doing which, ho pledges himself, that the earth shall lie put in .as good, il not better order in the same space of time, which may l?e required with the six common harrows. After the work is done, disinterested judges will he se lected on the spot to examine the same with a four pronged fork or rake, to enable them to decide correctly which of the implements is !>ost calculated for preparing the soil for the reception of the vrain. And as a further proof of the \altio and superiority of his Rotary Harrow, the grain will lie turned in by it on one-half of the field, and the other halt in the usual way by the drag harrow. "When the grain is reaped, threshed and measured, he does not hesi tate to insure an increase in the crop of 10 per ccnt., over that halt w hich may be cultivated by the common harrow. Where farmers arc in the habit of ploughing in their grain, he will take 5 pecks to the acre, and produce 10 per cent, more by Rotary'Harrow, than 6 pecks turned in with the plough. J.YME3 D WOODSIDE, Near the West Market. SeptlG Wafhinglon, D. C. MIHCELLANEOU8. We have* seldom read a more interesting account illustrative of the enterprise and de termination which belongs to the Yankee character, than is given in the following article. From the Ptvria (IlUmnt) Rtfiilrr of Augtul 13. OLD HAMit'HVIKTTI FOItKVER. An immigrantfrom Massachusetts, of middle age, and very respectable appearance, stepped into our office accompanied by his son, about nine years old, on Monday. We learned from him that he had arrived in our country about a month ago, after one of tho most ad venturous overland journeys ever undertaken. We hope to obtain from him a full account of his tour, and in the mean time present our readers with the following brief outline : His name is Isaac II. Pratt, of Middle borough, Plymouth county, Massachusetts, and a ship carpenter by occupation. Having a family of 6 or 8 children, dependant solely upon his daily labor, and being with hundreds of others, thrown out of employ by the pros tration of business in New England, in May he formed tho design of taking his two eldest boys and setting olf for this country on foot. With him to design was to execute. Placing his wife and youngest children with a relation, he started on tho 18th of May, with his sons, one aged 9 and the other 6, without a cent of money in his pocket, and no other avuilubles than a knapsack of clothes and provisions, and a carpenter's steel square. The first day he entered Rhode Island, where he sold his square for a quarter-dollar and four-pence ha'penny, (31 cents) which procured them something to eat and lodging. The next day, alter reaching 25 miles by tho middle of tho afternoon, they stopped at a farm house, where Mr. I'ratt inquired if " they didn't want some odd jobs of carpentering done?shelves put up?windows tighten ed or loose nod?doors hung or repaired hen coops made?roof? mended?a?y thing in his line to pay for staying over night ?" " Certainly," was' the reply, " come in and we'll sot you to work." ? So well satisfied was tho farmer with his services, that on parting early next morning, he filled his knap sack with provisions to last through the day. The afternoon ho stopped in like mai.ner and met with the same reception?and thus he continued all tho way to Buffalo on Lake Erie.?Sometime, in rainy weather, he wonld remain a day with his host, and on two or three occasions received a few shillings for his work ; but the whole amount added to.n tii r of. the money that came into his hands up to the time of his arrival at Chicago, did not amount to five dollars On reaching the Erio canal ho endeavored to work a passage for his boys by driving the horses himself; but finding that this would not keep him in food, he left the canal, and resumed tho pedestrian journey. On arriving at Buffalo, his offer to work his passage to Detroit was readily accepted ; and-upon land ing at the latter place, each resumed his tramp with great cheerfulness. In passing over the prairies of Michigan, they one day attracted the notice of a com pany of stage passengers, who insisted upon giving the bovs a lift, and accordingly took them~on ten niiles to the dining house, where they also gave them their dinner, and made up for them a contribution of 02 1-2 ceiits. Finding laborers in great demand in this State, our accommodating pedestrian worked one day in the prairies at mowing, for which he got" one dollar and sixty cents, and on another day, though anxious to " get on," he stopped to lay a barn floor.?Yet all his re ceipts up to his entering Chicago, as before stated, did not amount to fivo dollars. At Chicago he worked a week, by which his purse was so far replenished as to enable him to reach here much richer than he left Massa chusetts. He arrived at Peoria on the 15th of July, having walked with his boys upwards of 1000 miles, without once appealing to the sympa thies of the benevolent for a shilling, and accepting nothing, save his acquiescence in the stage contribution to his boys, without rendering what was deemed a fair equivalent. Like a genuine son of the pilgrims, he has too much thrift to sponge, and too much in dependence to ask or accept a favor. On tho dav of .his arrival he was surprised to see in our streets an old Middleborough townsman, Mr. Brooks, of the firm of Brooks & Cogs well, merchants. The latter, on hearing his adventures, said " boys who had travelled so well as they had done, deserved something," and taking them into his store, presented them with a suit of clothes cach. Soon after his arrival, Mr. Pratt said he must go anil look at the country and take up a claim. So he started olf, taking his boys with him, for the Kickapoo track. Here he acknowledges himself under many obligations to Clarke 1). Powell, Esq. for his kindness in showing him the country, and his advice as to his future operations. He thinks, in pursuance of his advice, of buying a claim near Charleston, 16 miles west of here, and another for his brother in the same neighbor hood. lie is offered a quarter section of prairie, with a quarter of timber half a mile from it for one hundred dollars. He has seven brothers, all of whom are inclined to come here, and only wait for his report of the country to make up their minds on the sub ject. ORIGIN OP YASKEK DOODLE. From Judge Martin's History of North Ca rolina, what follows is taken : In tho attacks mado against the French posts in America, in 1755, those against Niagara and Frontenac, were made by CJo vernor Shirly, of Massachusetts, and General Johnson, of the State of New York. Their army, during the summer, lay on the eastern bank of the Hudson, a little South ol the city of A lbany. 1 n the early part of June, the troops of the easti rn provinces began to pour in, company after company, and such an assembly of men nc.ver before thronged together on such nn occasion, unless an ex ample may be found .in the ragged regiment of Sir John Falstaff. It would have relaxed the gravity of an anchorite to see the de 1 scendants of the Puritans marching through the streets of that ancient city, and take their station on tho left of tho British army, some with long coats and others with no coats at all, and with colors as various as the rainl>ow ?some with their hair cropped like the army of Cromwell, and others with wigs, the locks of which flouted with grace around their shoulders. Their march, their accoutrements, and the whole arrangement of the troops, furnished matter of amusement to the British army. The music played the airs ol two centuries ago, and the lout enaemble, upon the whole, exhibited a sight to the wondering strangers, to whice they had been entirely uuaccustomed. Among the club of wits that belonged to the British army, there was a Doctor Shack burn attached to the stall*, who combined with hi* knowledge of surgery the skill and talents of a musician. To please the new comers, he composed a tuue, and with much gravity recommended it to the officers, as one of the most celebrated airs of martial music 1 lie joke took, to the no small amusement of the British. Brother Jonathan exclaimed it was nation liue, and in a few days nothing was heard in the provincial camp but the air of Yankee Doodle. Little did the author, in his composition, then suppose that an air, made lor the pur pose of levity and ridicule, should be marked for such high destinies, in 20 years from that time, the national march inspired the heroes of Bunker's IIill, and in less than 30, Lord Cornwallis and his army marched into the American lines to the tune of Yankee Doodle. COIiOSSAL STEAM BOAT. An immense steam boat upwards of 200 feet long, was lately launched at Bristol, for plying between England and America; but the one now building at Curling Si Co.'s Lirnehouse, for the American Steam Naviga tion company, surpasses any thing of the kind hitherto made. She is to be named after our Queen, the Victoria, will cost front i,'NO,000, to ? 100,000, has about 150 men now employed daily on her, and is expected to be finished in November next. The ex treme length is about 253 feet, but tfhe is 237 feet between the perpendiculars, 40 one third feet beam between the paddle boxes, and 27 feet 1 inch deep, from the floor to the under side of the spar deck. The engines are two of 250 horse power each, 0 feet 4 inch cylinders, and 7 leet stroke. 1 hey are to be fitted with Hull's patent condensers, in addition to the common ones. She displaces, at 16 feet deep, 2740 tons of water; her computed tonage is 1800 tons. At the water line every additional inch displaces 18 1-2 tons. The average speed is expected at 200 nauti cal miles per day, and consumption of coal 30 tons. The best Welsh coal is to be used. It is calculated she will make the outward voyage to New York in 18 days, and the homeward in 12, consuming 540 tons of coal out, and 300 home. Expectation is on the tiptoe for the first voyage of this gigantic steam boat, along side of which other steam boats look like little fishing boats.?Railway Magazine. EMIGRATION TO TEXAS. According to a paragranh in the Memphis (Tcnn.) Enquirer, emigration to Texas is going forgard on a large scale. I he editor says :?" There is scarce elbow-room left in our streets and highways leading into town on account of the constant pouring in of horses and wagons, and the helter-skelter melee of emigrating paraphanalia. Several hundred families must have crossed the Mississippi at I this point on their way to the promised land within the last six weeks ; and the rush is still onward. We almost fear for the popula tion of East Tennessee; for not a waggon passes but some dozen chiels belonging to it, pok? their flaxen heads through the holes ol the canvass." From the York (Prnn.) Gazttte. WALTER KRASKLIH, ESQ. Tie friends of this gentleman?and wher ever le is known, they are numerous indeed fed the highest degree of gratification at the urge majority ^vith which he was re elected Clerk of the United States' House of Representatives. The large number of votes he received independent of those cast lor him by his own party, affords honorable testinony that in public life he is a talented and efficient officer, as in private life he is amiable, liberal and generous, and is richly endowed with the social virtues that character ise the zealous friend, the public spirited citizen, and the true and open hearted gentle man The Duchess of St. Albans, originally Miss Mel on, afterward Mrs. Coutts, has departed this life. Her disorder was a paralysis ol the limbs. She bequeathed to her lord, the duke, 10,(00 poonds per annum, and the bulk of her property to the youngest daughter ol Sir Fraixis Burdett. From a Rochester paper. Wonderful Discovery.?The excavations for the Gfinfcsscc Canal, in thin city, have unveiled aomc inte resting animal remains, respecting which a friend hss handtd us the following memorandum : Remains of the Matladon have been discovered in dimrina tile Rochester and Oleon Canal, in this city, at the intersection of Canal and Caladonia streets, about four feet Mow the surfaco of the ground? imbedcd in ? well defined deposit of diluvian, impregnated with iron. The only remains preserved are two of the short r,K about four feet long, a bone supposed to be one of the lower bonea of a fore leg, and fragments of an im mense tusk The workmen deseribe the tusk to have been as large as a man's body, and some ten or twelve feet long?it was mistaken by thotn for a log, and broken to pieces?onW twelve or fourteen inches of the pom escaped fracture?the rest was broken to picccs, and most of it, together with other part* of the skeleton, were thrown out and buried in the earth excavated from the canal. The picccs of the tusk preserved, exhibit the texture of ivory as distinctly as an ivory comb, and retain their original whiteness. The ribs arc in a state of porfect preservation. Probably the entire skeleton was deposited in or near the place where the remains were found, and more may vet be discovered Geologists assign a remote origin io these and similar remains, supposing them to have been buried in their present situations by the universal deluge, at which time the animals themselves are sup posed to have become extinct. K'F.r.PS?K?s"?Few things in this weary world arc so delightful as keepsakes. Nor do they ever, to, m,heart, ol least, nor my eyes, lose their tender, u i | . . charms. How slight, how small, how tiny a saves a beloved one from oblivion ; worn on th.t ger. or close to the heart, especially if l?uchlove, o, b. dead No thought is so insupportable as that ofentu? total, blank forgctfulness, when the creature that on laughed and sung, and wrpt with us close to ou-arte, in our arms, ss if her smiles, her tears, her k s.es had never been She and them arc swallowed up in the dark nothingness of the dust. The Madisonian, at Washington, professes to b? ? supporter of the Administration, and yt ;?r?n opposing the President s Message. Mow is this mcon Mstency to be reconciled ??I trginw hrpu t By reconciling the statement to tlie far/ POLITIC A L. THE POLICY OP TUB ADMIMIHTHATIOW. The " suspension law," passed by the legisla ture of this state, had been so severely assail ed by the loco focos, and by their aiders and aliettors, and Governor Marcy, and every other prominent individual who had either assisted in, or approved the passage of that law, had been so grossly abused by the same enlightened aud consistent politicians, that it was hardly to be expected that the general administration would have pursued the same wise vourse, if, as alleged, it was their inten tion to uphold the wild notions of loco loco ism. They have fully vindicated themselves from even the suspicion of such an intention, though so frequently imputed to them. The honorable Silas Wright, who is looked upon as doing nothing at variance with the policy of the administration, has presented " a tSus pension BtU" in the Senate, and Mr. Cambre leng has introduced a similar bill in the House of Representatives. The first and second sections of the bill are given below. The third and last section is to suppress the circulation of small notes in the District ol Columbia, and is not pertinent to the present subject. \ BII.L to revoke the charters of such hank*, in the District of Columbia, as shall not resume spccie payments within a limited liinc, and to suppress the circulation of small notes therein. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre sentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That all penalties imjwscd on the banks in the District of Columbia, by their charters, or other wise, for a suspension of specie payments, be remitted : Provided, They resume specie payments for all their bills under ten dollars within sixty days, and of all others within six months from the passing of this act: And provided, also, That the said banks, within thirty days from the passing of this act, shall cease to pay out the notes, bills, or obligations of any corporation, company, or individual, which shall not redeem the Mine, on de mand, in specie : And provided, further, 1 hat the said banks shall forthwith cease to receive in payment, or on deposite, or to pay out, any note, hill, or obligation, issued bv any other bank, or by any corporation, com Kiny, or individual, of a less denomination than five dol Sec 3. And be it further enacted, That if any of said banks shall fail to comply with the conditions spe cified in the foregoing scction of this act, tne chwWrs thereof shall be revoked ; and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to appoint three commission ers for liquidating and settling the accounts and afla.rs thereof, and such prosecutions shall be instituted by the District Attorney of this District, for any violation of their obligations to the government and the community, as the facts and the law applicable to the case may ren der proper, beyond what is contained in the provisions 7SXi.nL, NiM less. That the remedies against said banks, fiwtoew liabilities and debts, given in their charters, shall remain in full force and effect against the property, money, cre dits, and effects thereof, in the hands of the commis sioners appointed to liquidate their affairs. ? A rose by any other name will smell as sweet" And designate the foregoing bill as you may?call it as Mr. Wright and Mr. Cambreieng have done, " A bill to revoke the charters of such bunks in the District of Co lumbia as shall not resume specie payments within a limited time,"?it is, and ever will remain, " a suspension law" still. Its lead ing features, and its fundamental principles are identically the same with those by the legislature of this state. Some of the details of the latter differ from this bill, but the principle involved is the continuation ol the banks in existence after their charters would have become forfeited by the suspen sion of specie payments ; and it matter.not so far as that has been called a violation of principle, whether the continuation is for one year, six months, one month, or even one day. Hut even if it did, the expediency involved in the time designated in each bill is much he same The twelve months granted by the state of New York in May, and the six months proposed to be granted by Congress in September, when the banks in both cases suspended at the same period, makes the time granted to each nearly the same. Ana again, it postpones, in both instances, further action in the matter until the respective legis latures are again in session. Here isanother opportunity for the loco focos, and then- aid ers and abetters, to give vent to their ebulient feelings of indignation, and to denounce the general administration, as they have hereto fore done the state authorities. Is stronger cvidenco needed of the desire of the genera administration for "a well regulatedI credi system?" of their desire to loster and cherish . -1" to preserve and regulate, but not destroy' ?and of their determination not to counte nance the wild schemes of loco focoism which are, first prostration, and then annihilation! ? N. Y. Times. A Question asked and answereo.?? rbc following article appears in the 1 hiladelphi United States Gazette. " To Judge Cooper. " Sometime since, appeared in several of the newspapers, a statement said to have been made by you to Alexander James Dallas, m the correctness of which lie appeared to ac quiesce, that a proposition had been made in ihe Federal Convention, to engraft in the Constitution, a clause empowering to incorporate a bank (or banks) which had been rejected. As this assertion ll general ly credited, can scarcely fail to have a decided influence on the decision of the ensuing Con gress upon the measures to be adopted, relieve the country from its present distress in ?r situation, it ought, il correct, to be es tablished to the public satisfaction, beyond all doubt or controversy. " You are therefore imperiously called upon by duty to the public, either to state the pUpJL. verbatim, if mch a was made, referring to the page of the jour nal ; if not, you are equally called upon to acknowledge yotir error. X Y Z. Editors of papers, friendly to the cause of truth, are requested to copy the above for general information. The following extracts touch and answer the oucstion : , . <? \ power to grant charters of incorpora tion was proposed in the General Conven tion of 1787, and rejected.?Madison s speed His known that the very power, now proposed as a means, was rejected ^ ^ by the Convention which form* |o them stitution. A proposition was m ^ ,o authorize Congress to ^ ^ ^ an amendatory one to rcjectc(i . and corporate. Hut the w in dehale wnB, ZlV-oid"??'en have power to crect a bank which would reader the great cities where there were prejudice* and jealousies on that subject adverse to the reception of the Con stitution."?Jefferson * Official opinion in 1771. Of the great meeting held at Tammany Hall on Tuesday evening, the New York Times says: It was, in all respects an overwhelming ex pression of the views of the Democratic party in this city. Every avenue to the old wig wain was crowded with democrats anxious to gain admittance ; and it is certain that several thousand attended during the pendency of the proceeding*. The resolutions, which will be lound in our columns, were passed amid the most animated cheering, and embody the sentiments of the great majority of the old fashioned democracy of this city. Individuals who are only known as the tools of demagogues and disorganize!*?who are heard of only in times of internal coia motion ?are unlit to legislate for a party which they regard only as a stepping stone on which they hope to mount into power. 11 nivcrsallv depending upon cabals for their election, they uniformly act for their interests, and in their eagerness u? serve them, lose sight of the object for which thev are assem bled, if indeed they ever had the power to 1 comprehend its importance. Under the j guidance of such men, no party, however strong in the outset, can long maintain its ascendency?there is a deadly poison in their very touch.?Eastern Argus. From I he Ulster (>'. F.) Suit me 1. The election in Maine, where a year ago, tho friends ' of the administration obtained a majority of about four thousand, lias now goiit- in favor of ttie whigs Tho whig candidates for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and two-thirds of the Legislature, arc elected by a de cided majority. To what is thu great change to be attributed ? The pressure of the times has, undoubtedly, had its influence, but the chief cause is?the countenance supposed to be given by several highly distinguished republicans to loco focoism Maine is a commercial state?her population is enterprising and industrious?and her people have hastily imbibed the impression, that the line is to bo drawn between loco focoism (the bane ef trade and commerce) and ichiuttm. And sooner than see their business destroyed?their commerce ruined?their mer chants bankrupted, many of them, from the belief that things cannot be worse under a change of men, have given their suffrages to the opposition. We legret that any portion of republican* should have done so. We regret that they should have acted so precipitately?so unadvisedly. Locofocoism is bad in the extreme ; and so is its opposite, whigism. Re publicanism is not identified with either ol these ex tremes. Loco focoism is founded upon nullification? or rather upon destructive notions Whigiam has arisen from consolidation doctrines; and has in view the downfall of the state sovereignties, and the concentra tion of all their powers ^n a strong national government. Republicanism is based upon conservative principles, and has for its object " the support of the state govern ments in all their rights, as the most competent adminis tration of our domestic concerns and " the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vi gor, as the sheet anchor of our peacc at home and safety abroad." Republicans should ex^rt themselves to pre serve the old and safe political landmarks?to sustain state rights?to resist encroachments upon thein from any quarter?to keep the powera of the general govern ment within the present limits?and to check any inter ference, either directly or tndtrtelly, with our state insti tution*. This, they cannot do in the ranks of the whips, any more than in the ranks of the loco focos. While one of these parties would break down and destroy all that is useful and valuable in our political system, tho other would make it so strong that the democracy could not govern it. While one would demolish credit, indus try and enterprise, and convert their avails into com mon stock for the benefit of the idle and the profligate, tl.e other would cause all the blessings of government, intended for the many, to flow to the advantage of the few. While one would give the ascendancy in the stale and union to ihe monocracy, the other would give it to the aristocracy. While one has the entire destruc tion of state banks, railroad and turnpike companies for its end, the other has the creation of a monopolizing national bank, if not a moneyed despotism, in view.? Neither one of these extremes could prevail for any length of time without the subjugation of the rights, the interests and tho welfare of the great majority of the bu siness men, the mechanics and farmers of the country. Of these classes the republican party is mostly com posed ; and to them we look for the maintenance of con servative principles. They have heretofore held tho destinies of the nation in their hands ; and although they may occasionally, in tunes of excitement, lose a portion of their power, they can regain it \vhenever they chose with scarcely an effort. Let republicans in New York and other States keep the political ascendancy in their own hamls, and dis countenance the doctrines of both the wings and the loco focos. l?ct the great mass of the parly, whatever ma\ be the errors of a few prominent men, pursue tho old beaten track which has hitherto led them to prospe rity? turning neither to the right hand nor to the left.? And so long as our Legislative halls are tilled, as they have been heretofore, with intelligent and patriotic men from their ranks, no great permanent evil to the country need be apprehended. From the Water!nu n Eagle and Standard. The Utica Democrat of the 29ih, throws oil' all dis guise and boldly inculcates the doctrine that the posses sion of property is attended with civil disabilities and should operate as a bar to the right of citizenship. At all events it assumes the position that those m posses sion of a sncfiesof property?lands for instance?ought not to hold any office, or have anv voice in the selection of our public servants. This is genuine loco focoism. Divest these new lights of their peculiar slang, bring their principles to the touchstone of truth and they wifl be found levellers?wanting the power only, to overturn our civil and religious institutions and distribute the spoils of industry and enterprise among their greedy ex pectants. The immediate causo of the Democrat's breaking cover, was the late republican convention at Hampton. It has paraded the names of certain delegates with tho amount or number of bank shares owned by each ; thus laboring to throw odium ujion the delegates personally, and to attach by implication, civil disabilities to the owner* of bank stock. "Wo hold these truths to be self evident," thut all property lawfully acquired, is equally entitled to the protection of government, and that in principle there is no difference, whether it con sists in land, specie or bank stock. Bv what authority do owners of real estate hold pos session of their property, if not by law ! and in this re spect what is the difference between a Deed for land or Scrip for bank stock 1 Bank stock is created by the solemn act of the legislature, and the possessor is pro tected by law in his right",?as much so ss if he had purchased lands directly from the state ; and in princi ple the welfare against the right of individuals in in corporated banks is as unjust as would be a warfare up on our farmers for possessing farms. Tho faith of tho state is pledged to protect all kinds of property equally, and 110 property can be taken from individuals for any purposes without the sanction of law. The loco focos make no plea of public necessity ; they attack banks lie cause their transactions are confined to money matters, and because it is much easier to excite prejudice against those 4ermed moneyed men, than against the cultivators of the soil. But concede to them that banks are mo nopolies because owned by s few, and they will next _ claim houses and lands because these are too extended and those too large for individual possession In fact, the warfare waged by the loco focos, is s war upon all who constitute civilized society, i he principles they advocate and the doctrines thev inculcate, are alike dangerous to civil ?nd religious liberty and should be met accordingly What are 'he legitimate results Of loco foco doc trines ? I<ct the flour mob at New York anawer the question Was tho price of bread stuffs reduced in conscqnence of a wanton destruction of some hundreds of barrels sccumulated in a certain store house ' Were the sufferings of the indigent in any respect diminished in consequence of a practical demonstration of loco fo coism ! Let common sense snswer the question. Wo cannot forbear, however, to press upon our readers an examination of the principles of these new lights?these would-be reformers. Let every man who prizes Ameri can liberty and American institutions, raise bis voice against every attempt to icopwdize either, Let it be borne in mind that those who war against property, are prepared to war sgainat the civil power of the State which guarantees its possession Of course such sre revolutionists, enemies alike to the people, the go vernment, and the principles of civil and religioua liberty