ft coufM bin b??ti reconciled to their mm* of duty,
MOSES KEMP TON,
CHARLES MASSEY, Jr.,
EDWARD COLES,
JOHN BACON,
JAMES 8. NEW BOLD
Bank of ih. United States, Phil^Wf^Apj11';?*"
Attest, GEORGE SUARSWOOD, S*? y.
BANK OF THE UNITED STATES.
0
letter from NIrhoUs BhUto, Ksq., to the Hou.
J oil 11 M. CUytou.
So great wu the excitement pioduced by the read
ing of the Report of the Committee ot* Investigation,
which appeared unabated at the arcond adjourned
meeting on Thursday last, that there seemed little dis
position to aflord censured or accused parties an op
portunity of being fairly heard. This fact was re
marked by several gentlemen at the meeting, and Mr.
Watts particularly remonstrated against unqualified
condemnation, before the stockholders and the public
had received any view of the course or circumstances
of (he management of the Bank, except through the
agency of the Committer. It is admitted on ail hands
that the refutation of the city,?and in view of the
number of foreigner* interested in the Bank,?of the
whole country, also, is injuriously affected by the db
closures contained in the Keport. It is most desirable
therefore that every explanation or correction which
can be made touching points of that document should
be received in a spirit of dispassionate justice. The
laws otthe country and the dictates of common aense
require that howevei clear the accuser's or informer's
testimony seem to be, an honest judgment ahould await
the points of defence.
We publish to-day the first of a aeries of letters from
Mr. Biddle touching very important tram-actions of
the Bank under his administration. The matters of
fact or argument are all which it becomes us to notice.
Every one will form his own opinion concerning the
mode adopted by the Committee of pursuing the re
search. The general impression is that they proceed
"iWrty *nd without prejudice. Mr. Biddle, on the
other hand, in strong terms, excepts to the Committee's
course, and other interested parties must naturally
coincide with him. But the main theme of his letter,
notpjme^oV.yV\e^"?ir^ft1t nfcrfcnmto
by the Report. Whether it was right or wrong to
wake the shipments at all seems to be at present not
the main question: but, whether they were msde for
the purpose of aiding and sustaining the Bank, and
not merely to enhance private interesU undercover of
the institution's means and credit. Admitting that it
was not expedient or within the legitimate powers of
the Bank to engage in the purchase and sale of mer
chandise, or to invest funds directly in it, the personal
integrity of the officers who sanctioned it must remain
unimpeached as far as the transactions in question are
concerned, if it be shown that the Directors sanctioned
the proposition, and that the Bank alone was benefitted
by the operation a* had been designed. We most
earnestly hope that Mr. Biddle's letter will dissipate
many doubts, and clear a path to a full andjust appre
ciation of the whole subject. It is a matter of sincere
regret that on either part any expiession ahould be
used which may detract from a perfectly temperate
conside.ation of the points in dispute. The contro
versy has but commenced. It will evidenly be a long
anil laborious one. As we have always respected in
common with the public the gentlemen engaged on
both sides of the question, and entertain feelings of
personal regard towards many of them, we are the
more anxious for a deliberate survey of the whole
matter, and we trust that it may result in removing
the odium under which this city rests thiough the
censure cast upon many conspicuous persons who have
abroad*^ ^ K trU,,',, *n(I contidt'nc?>' home and
Andacubu, Bucks County, I
II I L n. ? APr" 8> ,8H.
\X r?B Clayton, Dover, Delaware:
My Dear Sir?During your late visit to Philadel
Hf ',h'.y?U 7er'K??<[?">?ugh to express your opinion
o the peculiar hardship of my position in respect to the
Stockholders of the Bank of the
United States. For sixteen years 1 had been the Presi
dent of that institution, which up to the hour I left it
enjoyed a long career of prosperity. Two years after
wards it fell into great trouble, and it seems to be the
desire of those now connected with it to ascribe all its
misfortunes, including the fatal resumption a few
eexs ago, entirely to my administration. Had this
Sfr'V nd open and manly way, no one
would have been more ready than myself to meet that
T? aUt ln,lcl"1 ofthw, what was the course
pursued! A committee of stockholders has been
!.f .h fe?m0L ?' WO[k wilh allthe k001" and papers
of the Bank under their control, raking up every
thing which by distortion may injure my administra
tUtk reve"*e lh",r own personal griefs, or pander
to he morbid appetite which prevails abroad about
banks and those connected with them. From all com
munication with that inquisitorial body I was studi
ously excluded; and I understand that a proLalto
in vite my attendance or to apprize me of what they
were doing, was rejected. They ended at last by re
n' "parte and partial statements in regard to my
v?u ?aw meeting no opportunity
vvas given to let the accused be heard before he was
J reportwiJc|y circulated with
an air of official authority in distant places, wheie no
explanation ofmine can ever follow it. Now all this
seems |? me a signal act of injustice. I know that
misfortune has a right to be querulous but this
summary condemnation without a chance ofexplana
tion, or defence, a privilege never denied to the
humblest criminal, cannot fail to be regretted even by
those who have joined in it when the passion of the
moment shall subside. I deeply legret it?less on mv
own account, however, than because I think such an
act of injustice inflicts a severe injury on the Bank it
!r .i/'ft"".'1 '1'" m?re because although separMed
from the Bank, I felt a sincere interest in its late and
had prepared with great industry what I deemed the
means of reviving it* prosperity, which I meant to sub
mit to the stockholders.
All that, ofcourse, is over now. But as I know you
are desirous of ascertaining the truth, 1 shall proceed
to explain to you as a personal friend several matters,
yery simple in themselves but which have been strange
ly mirepresented. For instance, *
You heard in the report a long and complicated story
about cotton purchases, and it is so often said, tlyit
many begin to believe it?that the Bank of the United
bta es sjwculated largely in cotton, and lost a i/real
.k?r mtJncy by '*? R seems unkind to disturb so
established a fact-hut the truth is, that during my
connection with the Bank, it never owned a bale of
cotton and will not, I believe, lose a dollar by any
operation in cotton, unless by great mismanagement
hereafter. 1 hat whole matter has been to me a source
of so much pride, from its benefits to the Bank and to
history*o^it! ' ^ l'lea"ure in "ta,lnH ">e real
ri|,vVfhNyWv83L7' |he.Bank went to the relief of the
Unln T? ' * '"suing its bonds payable in
.London. 1 he question was how to provide the
means of paying tbo.e bonds. Hitherto the only mode
of doing it was by the purchase of bills drawn at the
Bouth on shipments of pioduce? but the difficulty
nr>w was that in the general prostration of ciedit at
the South, there was Bleat danger in taking private
bills drawn there?while many of the Liverpool houses
on whom these hills were usually drawn were them
selves embarrassed. It occurred to me, therefore, that
the only mode ol avoiding these dangers was to pur
chase no bills at all, except founded on direct ship
ments of produce under the control of the Bank. I
accordingly urge,! the mercantile part of the Directors
to engage in that o,>eration?but finding none of them
disposed to large operations, I determined that as it
It". ? fit"' WoU do il '"y^'f- I accordingly re
quested Messrs. Bevan and Humphreys to ca,?y out
the plan which was simply to let their Agents at the
Bouth draw on them domestic bills, for which tbev
would receive the notes of the Bank, purchase the pro
duce and send it to France and England; then as
their domestic bills came to maturity in Philadelphia
to |?y the Bank, by sterling hill, on the h,,us<J, in
iMiglami and r ranco, to whom the produce waa Hont
and by whom it was sold. This was the whole ope-'
ration, which lasted from the summer of 1X17 to the
fall of 1838. It was undertaken without the least idea
ol any pecuniary advantage, and the only understand
ing on that subject was a mere verbal assurance from
me?that if after repaying these advances to the Bank
there should be any excess, as the Bank could not by ita
charter buy this produce, or of course take any profits
arising from it, such excess should lie given to those
who encountered the trouble and the responsibility
,,r Wa" 'here the slightest desire to conceal it. On
the contrary all the coriespondence and entries I be
lieve parsed Through the Bank?it was announced
over and ovei again in publications known to come
TmT.'li.K i i ?n<l " Wa" particularly described in a
pal lulled '"terof nune to Mr. Adains on the 10th of
December, 1838, 0f whjch lhc fo||owing jg #n ex
"In like manner the derangement of the currency
placed the staples of the South entirely at the merry
of the foreign purchaser who could hive dictated the
terms of sale to the prostrated planter. It was thought
proper to avert that e?il by employing ? |arire iH.rhon
ot the capital ot the Bank in making advances on
Southern produce. This had two effects. The first was
to provide remittances to pay its own lx>nds in England
issued to New York merchants in their extreme .lis
? ress, for as the Bank could not purchase these staples
it mule advance* upon them in the Booth, receiving in
exchangs bill* on Europe?the eecoiu) *?? to intro
duce into the market a new competition and thua pre
vent the unconditional subjection of the planter to the
foreign purchaser. Theae advance* were made not aa
in |iaat year* on the mete personal security of the rner
chanta, which the confViaionof all private credit would
have rendered too hazardous?but on the actual ship
ment of the produce to an American Houae in Eng
land willing and able to protect American property
from the reckleas waate with which it haa been often
thrown into the market with an entire disregard of all
American inlereeta. The combination of tbeae cauaea
?the application of capital on thia aide, and the pru
dent reserve on the other?haa ?aved to the planting
interest an amount which it ia difficult to eatimate w
low ten or fifteen milliona of dollars. I believe too,
that nearly one half of the commercial debt ol thia
country to Europe baa been paid by the mere difference
between the actual sales of the securities and staples,
and the prices they would have realized, had they been
thrown unprotected into the handa of Europeans.?
TheM) measur* were essentially of a temporary na
ture?they were measurea of emergency, adopted in
the midst of a public calamity arid to be discontinued
with the necessity which rauaed them. As soon,
therefore, aa the capital and industry of the country
had time to subside into their accustomed channels,
these operations were relinquished, and now they have
totally and finally ceased."
Iu the meantime the benefit waa very great alike
to the Bank and to the country. To the Bank, be
cause it got the advantage of a large circulation of its
note*?it got the premium of its drafts from the South
?it got the funds in Europe without the least risk,
and a large collection of ita southern debts. What is
more important still, the possession of these funds
abroad was the meana of protecting and saving the
agent of the Bank, and, of course, the Bank itself,
from prostration. Of this the most decisive evidence
is a declaration made by the President of the Bank
himself, in a letter to Messrs. Bevan and Humphreys,
of the 5th of February, 1840, in which he says : ?
" The atale of the debt due by the Bank to Messrs.
Humphreys and Biddle of Liver|iool, has been lor
M>me time the subject oC great anxiety. These gen
tlemen have, with a zeal in favor of the Bank, for
which our thanks are particularly due, tuttained Mr.
Jaudon in many periods of hit la'e etrugglee, with
the aid not merely of their funds, but with all they
" ' lT1" ~ ?nnhled him to
meet his payments, when but for their assistance, he
would not hate been able to extricate himself ."
Finally, the operation was of great uae not merely
to the Bank, but to the whole country. The total
prostration of all means and all credit in the South at
the time, placed the whole crops at the mercy of the
foreign purchaser. The purchases made to provide
bills for" the Bank, obliged these foreign purchasers
to give something more like the real value to Southern
produce?it made an actual difference in favor of the
Southern Statea of at leaat twenty or twenty-five mil
lions?which gave them facilities in the discharge of
their debts to the Northern States as well as to the
Bank itself.
While these operations were in progress, I left the
Bank?about two years ago?anu the whole matter
was of course to await the event of these sales?to be
treated as a mere ordinary mercantile transaction,
which it in fact was. After I had left the Bank, a
statement was presented to me by Mr. Cabot, of the
house of Messrs. Bevan and Humphreys, who wan
then a Director of the Bank, and did this whole busi
ness as the intermediary between the Bank and his
house. His statement was as follows;
Sales advised in Liverpool,
33,000 bales at say 3s 15,000
5,500 do S 10,000
19,000 do 10 75,000
6,000 do 12 30,000
9,000 do 15 54,0(H)
18,500 do 20 105,000
91,000
Estimating exchange at 109 375,000
Profit on 91,000 bales sold in Liverpool, $350,000
Do 45,000 bales on hand, 450,000
Sales in France and Holland?(105,000
francs,) 50,000
6,000 bales on hand in France, 50,000
45,000 do new crop 600,000
1,400,000
Deduct for interest, over estimate, &c. 200,000
Estimating French exchange at 5. 25. 1,'.MO,000
From this amount it appeared that tho profits reali
zed, and confidently expected, amounted to $1,400,
000, and that after paying $800,000 arid reimbursing
all the advances to the Bank, there would still remain
a sum of $600,000 in the Bank, to be enjoyed by the
Bakkin any way permitted by the charter. And now
what possible disposition could be made of this excess 1
If there had been no profit at all, I should have been
content, for profit was no object in the ojwration. But
if there was a profit, whether of five dollars or five
million of dollars, the Bank could take no p?rt of it,
lor having no right to purchase the produce itself, to
take the least portion of gain upon it would divolve an
ownership which wan forbidden by the charter; and
all that the Bank could do was to receive back its prin
cipal and intereat and exchange with the roli?i<iral
benefits of tlie operation. 1 had never known any
thing whatever of the accounts or details, and licing
wholly unconnected either officially or individually
with the Bank, when I received this slattment 1 pre
sumed that the result of the matter was correctly sta
ted, and it wits so settled accordingly, leaving the mar
gin of 600,000 dollars to provide against all jiossible
contingency.
Eighteen months after I had lelt the Bank, how
ever, 1 received a letter from the Cushier, stating that
on winding up this concern, it was found that there
wns an over advance of $631,31(0 97, and that the por
tion which it belonged to me to return was$315,69!) 44.
This, of course, was a fair charge, and intending to
be wholly responsible, and that the Bank should be
exempt from loss. I should have paid it at once hut
for this consideration. 1 found, upon examining the
case, that this loss was in fact occasioned by the sacri
fice of this property, in order to sustain the Bank in
Eurotie from emhairussinents brought on wholly by
the Bunk itself; and it became a question, how far,
looking at it ns a simple commercial o|>eration, the on
ly possible light in which it could be regarded, 1, a
stranger, no longer connected with the Bank, ought
to bear the burden of this sacrifice. The nature and
the cause of it were soon discovered. It was thus :
Messrs. Humphreys and Biddle, of Liverpool, on
the first of June, 1840, addressed a private and confi
dential letter to Messrs. Bevan & Humphreys, ia which
they reply to an inquiry by the latter as to the reasons
of their paying over so much money to Mr. Jaudon,
that it was impossible for them to resist the repeated
and anxious requests of Mr. Jaudon for assistance.
Thus they say that their advances to Mr. Jaudon
were at one time as high as '270,000/., besides being
parties to bills on London houses which were then
running for 326,000/. They then quote from Mr.
Jau<lon's letters to tliern extrac s like these. On the
22d of Augu?t, 1839, he writes as follows:
" I must look to you for 50,000/ to make up the
sum. If 1 do not get this, I get none ; for all are con
tingent on my making "up my estimates, every thing,
therefore, turns upon what you ran do?for here Iain
exhausted. You must therefore work your hardest
for me?life or death to the Bank of the United States
is the issue. It 5000 bales of cotton must go, let thein
go, be the loss what it may?it cannot be so great us
the loss from a protest, and must be home by owners
or Bank as they may settle the matter between them.
I leave all to you, knowing that you will leave nothing
untried that may save me?the sale of 5000 bales
would do the business, and there can lie no doubt ns
to the choicc of this evil rather than the other."
And on the 23d he ?ays further:
"I wrote you yesterday slating the absolute necessi.
ty of my relying upon you for 50,000/ to help out my list,
without which the whole must fall through, the large
sale of cotton will help to provide this I lio|s\ I now
want your further aid for another 50,000/. in bills on
Ilueth & Co."
They conclude these extracts by saying: "In this
dilemma we had no alternative but to make your cot
ton available for the desperate emergency,"?and again:
"We have deemed it necessary to make this full and
unreserved communication, by which you will see that
free sales of the cotton shipped by you were absolute
ly necessary to refund the immense sums of money
we had borrowed from bankers and brokers for the
use of Mr. Jaudon."
So manifestly wrong was it to thiow ujKin them the
loss ui>on this cotton, that the President of the Bank
himself, in a letter to Mess.s. Bevan and Humphreys,
of the 5th of February, IH40, actually assumed this
loss. His letter was as follows:
Bank or the United States, )
February 5, 1840. \
Messrs. Bevan and Humphreys, Philadelphia.
fitntlemen,?The state ofthe debt due by the Bank
to Messrs. Hum|>hreys and Biddle, of Liverpool, has
been for some lime the subject of great solicitude.
These gentlemen have with a zeal in favor of the Bank
for which our thanks are particularly due, sustained
Mr. Jaudon in many peiiods of his struggles with the
aid not merely of their funds, but with all they could
raise on their credit, and have enabled him to meet his
payments when, but for their assistance, he would not
nave been able to extricate himsrlf. We now learn by
the last advices that their own credit will sulTer un
less they are relieved from their heavy responsibilities
on bit account We ars therefore extremely anxious
to repay theiu, but in the present elate of the Bank it
I* impracticable to Uo it by direct remittance. We
understand, however, that they have atili on hand a
uantlty of merchandise shipped by you some of
which they have already born obliged u. sell to tneet
their woet pressing engagement* on account of Mi
Jaudon Am the only remaining method of acquitting
the debt due to them, I have to request that you will
direct them to raise fund. by the kale of any or all the
merchandise consigned by you to them, arid if thi*
?ale should be attended by any ,<u riji< < un it, eo.t, we
will make uj> the difference, and that the earn* clijfcr
made ufon hat they have already told
Having no other method of paying a debt of to .acred
a chaiucter, we must submit to any merely tiecuniary
loea it uiuil occaaion.
With great respect, yours,
? * DUNLAP, President.
Here then waa the positive evidence? first, that thi*
low was incurred by sacrifice* for the benefit of the
Hank, and second, that the low waa recognized and
assumed by the Bank.
Fearful that my own judgment might mislead me, I
determined to consult some eminent gentleman, out of
Philadelphia, who would look at the matter with can
dor and impartiality, and I therefore submitted the
whole caae to Chancellor Kent. That gentleman's
answer was as follows:
... . . ? , New York, Sept. 17,1840.
Nicholas Biddle, Esq.
Dear Sir?I have carefully perused the papers you
sent me yesterday, containing the draft of your letter
to the President and Directors of the Bank of the
United Stales, and a copy of Mr. Donlap's letter to
Messrs. Bevan and Humphreys, of the 5th of Feb.
1840. '
1 am of opinion and most decidedly, that you are
well founded in law und equity in your claim to have
deducted from the account the difference between the
cost ol the cotton sold at Liverpool by Messrs. Hum
phreys & Biddle to repay their advances to Mr.
Jaudon and the proceeds of the sales The letter of
Mr. Dunlap, a* President of the Bank, directing the
sale at all events and at any sacrifice to save Mr. Jau
don, and exempt the Bank from discredit?and stating
thai the Hunk would make up the difference if there
was any sacrifice on the cost, and that tko asaurance
should apply to the merchandise already sold as well
as that to he sold puts an end in my judgment to a|l
biiaw<M^il?<1'J?CUJly " 10 'he question of the respons
ibility oituu Dana, ana ot your tl.im iu i?.i^,.'rfv
gain?t the *acrifice. The letter with its assurances i*
retrospective a* well a* prospective, founded on the
equitable consideration and justice of the case, that sac
rifices made at the pressing *olicttation* of Mr. Jau
don, as the Agent of the Bank to relieve it, ouuht to
be borne by it. I am dear sir,
^ ours very respectfully,
JAMES KENT.
It was then manifest to me that my property had
n k B,a|< n <ito lc of the Bank?brought
on by he conduct of the Bank after I left it-brought
on by the efforts to break down the Banks of New
.1 it" , i ? CMJ"e of a" ,he disasters of the Bank of
th.? United State*,-which now called upon me to re
pair the injuries its own conduct had inflicted. To
these person* I denied all right to make any such call. I
woulJ not consent that I .hould I* made to suffer
from their mismanagement. At the same time, I de
* controversy especially with the Bank.
th.h!nl f '?>(,rPVIOn" ' f,ut lhe who,e n'att" into
lie hands of a friend, second to none in this city for
intelligence and character, and requested him to settle
in any manner which he might deem just and proper
men" aUlhor,M<J me to ,na|ie lhe following state
? ? ' 1 l,eK?n by informing the Committee that you be
lieved your property had been sacrificed by the Bank
to meet its necessities, and that you would not consent
8roW,nK. ,out ofthat ,r?nsaction. I had
Z ?? interviews with the Committee- they ended
lLlie!!tn0rrn C0,"P?*inK it expressing a wish that
the matter in dispute should lie amicably closed. To
this | answered that under all the circumstances you
did not recognize the claim to anything, and that you
would pay it merely from an unwillingness to have a
controversy with the Bank. Among the secu'iliet
mentioned on the occasion were some sterling bonds
ot 1 exas payable in London, and a* the Committee
were strongly impressed with the belief, in which Mr
Jaudon then recently from London concurred thai
!nTan"?J"fW.?hUld ky th? elPrctcd "uccessofthe Texi
I, .h fhwilh Pald ln London, and be equal to
cash there?they preferred these to the other securi
ties, and they were accordingly given.
' In a subsequent interview, after discussing vari
ous kind* of securities, the Committee asked whether
mlhr "r ,Urni,h ,he whole "mount orthe balance
in the same 1 cxian securities. This, after conmlta
'itli you was agreed to, and the arrangement
" I k? c??cl,u'lo'J- 1 "e priucipal points of it were, I
Accordingly the deficiency was provided for in that
way-the other iwrtie. settled for their respective
shares, and thus the whole over advance was rufund
ed by uivinff securities whlch may or |0sseasily
convertible, but which cannot fail, I should think to
replace the whole of the over advance. Astothe'se
<'urities- those ol Texas?they are at this moment
worth tar more than the stock of the Bank itself, and
it happens, opportunely enough that 1 have this very
day heard from Europe of the success of the Texan
loan which secures the payment of these bonds as Mr
Jaudon anticipated.
Now this payment of mine was wholly gratuitous
I would not pay until I had ascertained and asserted
my rights?and having done that 1 voluntarily yield
ed them. I he Committee said that they wished it
settled amicably. Undoubtedly they did-for ihey knew
that unless 1 chose to pay they could never receive a
dollar. I actually paid these 390,000 dollar*, which I
was not under the least obligation to pay,?which
Chancellor Kent declared neither law nor equity made
it necessary to pay,?and ingoing it, I thought I was
giving a strong proof how far ancient and kindly re
collections ot the Bank prevailed over all selfish consid
erations. Perhaps I should have ben wiser?certain
ly I should have been richer-had I abstained from a
generosity which has been so ill-requited.
Such i* the history of this cotton operation. It
consisted merely in this-that the bank, accustomed to
buy bills ol exchange on private credit, resolved for
greater precaution when private credit was very unsafe,
to buy only from a known paity on real shipments of
produce. 1 his lasted about twelve months, and when
it is over, it being found that the bank had advanced
torthese cottons more than they realized, in conse
quence of the conduct of the Bank itself, the parties
interested refunded the money. Yet thistransaction,
simple, straightforward and public, i* iierverted into a
mysterious and ruinons sj>eculation.
lo-morrow I will explain to you another matter
and in the meantime remain with great resiiect and es
tPC,n- N. BIDDLE.
I he following preamble and resolutions were
unanimously passed on Wednesday morning by
the Annual Conference of the Maryland District
ol the Methodist Protestant Church, now con
vened n I hiladelphia. independent of all partv
consideration^ as such a tribute must be. it is an
additional instance of the deep regret that the
sionedCO President has universally occa
Whereas it has pleased our God and Father, the
Sovereign of all, to remove from this life, and from the
exalted station which he had so recently bean called
to occupy, Gen. William Hknry Harrison, late
1 resident of the United Slates; and whereat this
event is one of profound affliction to the national
large, and especially to the family of the decea.ed
an,| whereas this Conference does most sincerly and
whic? T'l 7k ,hc Civil #nd na,ural
.rn l J T unexpectedly and suddenly
sundered; and whereas tin* is ti e ,iay appointed for
he mT ?*'forma"ce of his funeral solemnities in
the Metropolis of the Union ; therefore
Tlciohtd, I That this Conference, devoutly *ub
??&&??? - *>
2. I hat this Conference respectfully offers iu most
affectionate condolence to the widow und family of
the departed patriot, and commend* them in fervent
K.*.rr lo ?heVBCI?,? support of our " God, even the
gather ofour_Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of Mer
aN our t Jhfl. ?f "i" who Comforteth usin
all our tribulation, that we may lM- able to comfort
them which are m any trouble by the same comfort
wherewith we ourselves are comforted ofGod "
3. I hat this Conference, uniting in the national ex
preision of sorrow, will, after a season of social
prayer, immediately adjourn- ?
4 That the foregoing preamble and resolutions 1ms
pubhshed in the daily |>arrs of this citv, ?f the Dis
FamS'i vS?*' MeU,odi,t Protestant and
? Nkw \ ork.?The Governor of Jfew York has ap
pointed Tuesday, the 11th day of May next, for an
election of a Representative in Congress for the 26th
District of New York, to .upply the place of Franci*
Granger, resigned.
MADISON'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
Mahih 4, lHUtf.
Unwilling to depart from example* of the u?o*t re
vered authority, 1 avail uiy*elf of the occa?lon now
prr?cntrnl, to ttaprea* the prolound iuipie?*lon made
od ma, by the call of my country to the station, to the
duties of which 1 am about to pledge myself by the
moat solemn of sanctions. So distinguished a mark
of confidence, proceedrng from the deliberate and
tranquil suffrage of a free and virtuoua nation, would,
under any circumatancea, have commanded uiy ({rati
tude and devotion, a* well an filled me with an awful
Mnae of the1 truet to be assumed. Under the various
circumstance* which give peculiar solemnity to ihe
existing period, I feel that both the honor anu the re
sponsibility allotted to me are inexpressibly enhanced.
The present cituation of the world is indeed with
out a parallel, and that of our own country full of
difficulties. The pressure of lhe*e too is the more se
verely felt, because they have fallen upon us at a mo
ment when the national prusperity being at a height
not before attained, the contrast resulting from the
change, haa been tendered the more striking. Under
the benign influence of our republican institutions,
uid the maintenance of peace with all nations, whilst
?o many of them were engaged in bloody and waste
ful wars, the fruita of a just policy were enjoyed in an
unrivalled growth of our faculfe* and resource*.?
Proof* of this were seen in the iiupruvements of agri
culture ; in the successful enterprise* of commerce; in
the progress of manufactures and useful arta, in the
increaae of the public revenue, and the use made of it
in reducing the public debt; and in the valuable works
and eatablikhments everywhere multiplying over the
face of our land.
1 It is a precious reflection lluit the transition from
this prosperous condition of out country, to the scene
which has for some time been distressing us, is not
[ chargeable on any unwarrantable views, nor, as I
trust, on any involuntary errots, in the public coun
cils. Indulging no passions which trespass on the
rights or repose of otfier nations, it has been the true
glory of the United Slates to cultivate peace by ob
serving justice ; and to entitle themselves to the re
spect of the nations at war, by fulfilling their neutral
onllgtttions with the most scrupulous impartiality. If
there be candor in the world, the truth of these asser
tions will not be questioned ; posterity, at least, will do
justice to them.
This unexceptionable course could not avail against
the injustice and violence of the belligerent powers. In
I their r*gu againxt cacti other, or impelled bv more di
rect motives, principles of retaliation have been intro
duced, equally contrary to universal reason and ac
knowledged law. How long their arbitrary edicts will
be continued, in spite of the demonstration* that not
even a pretext for them has been given by the United
Slates, and of the fair and liberal attempt to induce a
revocation of them cannot be anticipated. Assuring
myself, that, under every vicissitude, the determined
spirit and united councils of the nation will be safe
guards to it* honor and its essential interests, I repair
to the po*t assigned me with no other discouragement
than what springs from my own inadequacy to its high
duties. If I do not sink under the weight of this deep
conviction, it is because 1 find some support in a con
sciousness of the purposes, and a confidence in the
principles, which I bring with me into this arduous
service.
To cherish pea~e and friendly intercourse with all
nations having correspondent dispositions; to main
tain sincere neutrality towards belligerent nations ; to
prefer in all cases amicable discussion and reasonable
accommodation of difference*, to a decision of them by
an appeal to arms; to exclude foreign intrigue* and
foieign partialities, so degrading to all countries, and
so baneful to free ones; to foster a spirit of indepen
dence, too just to invade the rights of others, too proud
to surrender our own, too liberal to indulge unworthy
piejudices ourselves, and too elevated not to look down
upon them in others: to hold the union ot the states
as the basis of their peace and happiness; to support
the constitution, which is the cement of the union, as
well in its limitations as in its autlioritie*; to respect
the rights and authorities reserved to the slates and to
the people, as equally incorporated with, and essential
to the success of, the general system; to avoid the
slightest interference with the rights of conscience or
the functions of religion, so wisely exempted from ci
vil jurisdiction; to preserve, in their full energy, the
< other salutary provisions in behalf of private and per
j sonal rights, and of the freedom of the press; to ob
serve economy in public exjienditurcs ; to liberate the
public resource* by an honorable discharge of the pub
lic debts ; to keep within the requisite limits a stand
ing military foice, always remembering that an arined
and trained militia is the firmest bulwark of republics;
that without standing armies their liberty can never be
in danger, nor with large ones safe; to promote, by
authorized means, improvements friendly to agricul
ture, to manufactures, and'to external a* well as inter
nal commerce; to favor, in like manner, the advance
ment of science and the diffusion of information as
the best aliment of true liberty ; to oarry on the bene
volent plans which have been so meritoriously applied
to the conversion of our aboriginal neighbors from the
degradation and wretchedness of savage life, to a par
ticipation of the improvements of which the human
mind and manner* 4re susceptible in a civilixed state:
as far a* sentiments and intention* such a* these can
aid Ihe tulDiment or my duiy, tney wilt l>e a resource
which cannot fail me.
It is my good fortune, moreover, to have the path in
which 1 am to tread lightened by example* of illustri
ous services, successfully rendered in the most trying
difficulties, by those who have marched before ine.?
Of those of my immediate predecessor it n.ight least
become me hero to apeak. I may howevei, be pardon
ed for not suppressing the sympathy with which my
heart is full, in the rich reward lie enjoys in the bene
dictions of a beloved country, gratefully bestowed for
I exalted talents, zealously devoted, through a long ca
reer, to the advancement of its highest interest and
happiness.
But the source to which I look for the aids which
alone can supply my deficiencies, is in the well tried
intelligence and virtue of my fellow-citizens, and in
the counsels of those representing them in the other
departments associated in the care of the national in
terests. In these my confidence will under every
difficulty be best placed, next to that which wc have
all been encouiaged to feel in the guardianship and
guidance of that Almighty Being whose power regu
lates the destiny of nations, whose blessing-i h,\?e been
so conspicuously dispensed to this rising republic, and
to whom we are bound to address our devout gratitude
for the past, as well as our fervent supplications and
best hopes for the future.
TENMiSBEE ANTIUUIT1ES.
THE OLD STONE FORT.
The celebrated Stone Fort in Bedford county, Ten
nessee, which has long excited the attention of the
touriit, and the admiration of the scientific as well rs
the antiquarian, and which has fur age* been mantled
in obscurity, is about to he disrobed of its mystery.
At the destruction of an old building in Seville,
which for the Inst century has been occupied by a
family remarkable for their adventures and achieve
ments with the bucaniers who infested the coast of
Mexico, Florida, &c., early in the sixteenth century,
a package of paper* was tound, consisting of charts
and journals, in which were contained traces of the
path puisued by the bucaniers whilst in America.
One of the papers contained a minute description of
the Stone Fort, and the adjacent country, Including
the three forks of Duck river.?From these papeis it
appears that " Gleta, " a bucanier vessel, was driven
by stress of weather, into a small harbor on the coast
of Florida, where the pirates found it necessary t> dis
mantle their vessel and re|>air. That while repairs
were going on, a distressing mutiny broke nut; the
principal officers were put to death in the most cruci
manner, and the vessel distroyed. The party, con
sisting of about two hundred |iersons, being determined
to erect a colony in the new world, wandered along
the coast of Florida until they fell on Mobile Bay,
which they followed up until they met the Alabama
river.?There croasing the river a north-westerly di
rection, they met the three fork* of the Duck river,
where they located themselve* and built the Stone
Fort, which afforded an asvlum ami a retr< at secure
from the incursionsoftheir then poweiful neighbors,the
Indian*. Here they remained *ome twenty years,
but at length having expended their ammunition, and
having lost many nt their party by disease, a number
of the survivors determined to retrace their steps to
ward the border of the Atlantic. This being op|x>sed,
an internal feud commenced, which was kept up by
lK>th parties with the most unrelenting fury and cru
elty, until but four or five remained of the colony.
The survivors finding themselves destitute, in a wild
and desolate country, determined, if possible, to leach
again the sea coast; and having obtained some infor
mation from the Indians, they look a westerly course
till they met the water* of Tennessee river, where they
met a vessel belonging to the father Hennsphew's
fleet, on bo*rd of which they took passage, represent
ing themselves as being shipwrecked mariners; and
at length landed in France?being the last of a jww
erful band of bucaniers,
The Stone Fort contains several acres of land, is
regularly constructed,and appears to have been planned
anil deaigned by a skilful engineer. Within the walls
are now growing trees which bear the marks of antiqui
ty, apjieaiing to have been (landing two or three centu
ries. The country adjacent to the Fort abounds with
natural curiosities, such a* mounds, caverns, &c.
Indian*.?Gov. Bigger ha* appointed Monday the
3d of May as the day for holding (lections in that
State for Representative* in the 37th Congress,
GEN. HARRISON'S LAST LETTER.
On Hatuiday, a hardy, weather beaten, but *?7
respectable looking *?"'an presented huuselt to Hie
Collector, at ibe Custom House, and inquiring lor
Mr. Curtis, Mid, General lleni-tit lold ?? to give
this letter into your own hand. He told me tu
kind respects to Mr. Curtis, and wi Ml. C^ wm
hi* friend, and mould be my friend. Mr. Curt*
ojiened the letter, snd found il to be, frooi lU da*
one of the last, if not the rrry /aW letler, w"U*n
General Harrison. It beais date of tbeday w
illneaa commenced. The reader will see, rom _
ruMl of it, that amidst all the carw.and *?u 'Im ?r ?
high position, be was true to the humble*I of bwjold
fneixU Tucker ?y? tbe General made him.come .o
the dinner table with the great fo ks, and when he
herniated and intimated lhatlie had better go
hia dinner, the General Mid, Tucker, you and 1I have
been shipmates, and a long time together. Y ou ??
an honest man: come an/eat your dinner with me
and come here again to-morrow morning and gel your
breakfast with me.' . ... us .
Tucker aaya the General invited biro to stay in
Waahington, and lold him he would take care of him,
but hia wife and children being in New York, 1 uck
er preferred to return. He aaya General H. followed
him into ihe grounds on the Ea*t snle of tbe White
Houae, and then walked with him arm in-aim?that
the General had no bat on, and when Tucker Avert
ed to hia liability to take cold, he wuived the remark by
aaying he wan already unwell. Having received the
letter from the General, Tucker aaya he followed him
to the door and ahook him by the hand, saying, go to
my friend Mr. Curtia, and after you have been to him
don't forget to write to me that your wife and children
are happy again.' .
Tucker says he had no money to come home by
land, but he did not let the General know that, for he
knew he would give it to him in a minute, and he did
not with to take money from the good old man who
I,ad been ao kind to him. And ao Tucker went on
board the schooner L. L. Sturgis, at Alexandria, an
worked hia passage home to New York. When ne
came lo the cuatom houae he had not been ashore
thirty minutea, and having first heard the sad news ol
the death of hia kind benefactor as he passed up the
Old Slip dock, the abundant tears that fell down hia
hardy cheek testified that hia ia no ungrateful heart.
We are glad to hear that Mr. Curtia immediately
appointed Mr. Tucker an inapeetor of ihe cuatoma.
' Wasuinoton, March 96, 1841.
' Dear Bii?The baaror hereof, Mr. Thomas Tuck
er, .veteran aeaman, ?me with me from Carthage
na, aa the mate of the brig Montidia in the year 18?.
In an aaaocialion of aeveral weeks I
opinion of hia character?ao much ao that C?P^~nK
a desire to leave Ihe sea) I invited him to come to
North Bend and apend the remainder of hia days with
u.e Subsequent miafortunea prevented hia doing ao,
aa he waa desirou. to bring aoine money with him to
commence farming operations. Hia bad
atill continue*, having been aeveral timea ahipwr^ked
within a few yeara. He aaya that himself and family
are now in Mich a aituation that the humblest employ
ment would be acceptable to bun, and I write thia to
recommend him to your favorable notice. I am per
auaded that no one possesses, in a higher degree, the
virtuea of fidelity, honesty, and indefatigable industry;
and, 1 might add, of indomitable bravery, if that waa a
quality necessary for ibe kind of employment he aeeka.
' Youra, very truly,
' W. H. HARRISON.
?Edward Curtis, Esq.,
' Collector, &c , New York.
[Hue York Commercial Adterhnr.
We notice, with unfeigned pleasure, that men of
all parties are giving their approbation to the proposed
appropriation to Mrs. Harriaon of a part of her vene
rated husband's aalary. At Charleaton (8. C) the
citizens, in town meeting assembled, have reaolved ttiat
an appropriation by Congress for this purpose would
be not only liberal, but juat, and would meet with the
hearty approbation of a generoua People. 1 he Ssoutn- |
ern Patriot (politically opposed to Gen. Harriaon ?
election) expresses the hope tnal Congri* will make
Monte provision for the family of the General, whose pe
cuniary circumstances cannot bear the heavy exF*nt?* I
which must have been incurred by a removal to Wash
ington. The Boaton Poet, an earneat V an Buren
pa,H-r, and moat ably conducted, warmly aeconda the j
appropriation.?Amer. Sentinel.
from the Albany Evening Journal.
THE TORCH-LIGHT PROCESSION4
Thia novel and moat imposing part of the obsequies |
in honor of the illustrious dead, took place on Satur
day evening. It waa arranged under the auspices and
direction of tbe firemen of Albany?ever ready at the
call of duty or patrioliam. The procession waa coin
nosed of the members of the different companies in
their firemen's drees, accompanied by a full band of
music, and hearing the funeral urn covered with Us
p,|| ihe whole illuminated by the light of upward of
600 tore lien. It pissed through the principal streets |
of the city between 8 and 10 o'clock. I he night was
still and very dark; and the effect produced by the
lone array of mourners at that unusual hour?the fu
neral emblems?the solemn music, mmd ."Tj
ulare of the torches, revealing Irom the gloom ami
Fighting up wilh picturesque effect ihe houses and
crowds of spectators which thronged the wndows as
they passed, left an impression which will not soon be
effaced from the memory of those who beheld the
1,0 This striking and effective testimonial of the grief
of the people for the lamented Harrison fitly cloned
the week which ll.e tidings ofhis death had rendered
indeed a period of heaviness and mourning.
At a full and joint meeting of the Session and
Trusteesof the 4lh Presbyterian Church, Wash
ington, held on Monday, the 12th of April, the
following resolutions were unanimously adopted:
Htsolred, That while we, in common with the Peo
ple of this country, mouin over the great and unex
pected loss which our city and nation have sustained
in the death of our late venerated President, General
William Hknrv Harrison, we bow as Christians to
the will of our Heavenly Father, saying, " The Lord
gave and the Lord hath taken away, blessed be the
name of the Lord."
Resolved, That in this event we are taught to feel
our dependence upon the God of Nations, and to seek
more titan ever his grace, and pray that the dispensa
tion may be so sanctified that this great People shall
learn righteousness.
Uesolrrd, That we tender to the widow and family
of our deceased Chief Magistrate our heartfelt sympa
thies, and pray that the consolations of our holy reli
gion may sustain them in this their time of need,
Resolved, That, as a public expression of our feel
ings on Hub dispensation of Divine Providence, we
will hang oui Church edifice in mourning for the space
of sixty days.
Resolved, That the c resolutions he published in
the newspapers of the District, and a copy senl to the
family of our deceased President.
JOHN C. SMITH, Moderator.
J. Gideon, Clerk of Session.
A CARD.
Abolition.?Fontaine h. pettis,
Counsellor at Law, late of Virginia, having lo
cated himself in Hie city of New York for eight years
last pant, res|iectfully tenders his acknowledgments to
his friends in the South, for their confidence and pat
ronage in various matters of business, and solicits
their continuance. Hehashad much experience, both
in this Slate and that of Pennsylvania, in causing fugi
tive slaves to be secured , and w ill continue to effect such
objects whenever called upon. His plans are no well
matured, by having at his command tW most efficient
aid, located at different |>oints, and successfully har
rnonizing, that he cannot hut flatter himself that he
will have more complete success in future than hereto
fore? indeed, if clothed with full authority, he can
cause any fugitive slave to be secured, who may be in
the United Slates, north of Mason and Dixon's line.
All the statutory enactments of this State on this sub
ject, have l>ecn pronounced unconstitutional by the
highest tribunals. It will therefore In- seen that the
provision made in the constitution on this subject, are
paramount to all other enactments, whether Slate or
Federal. There are thousands of fugitive slaves in
this city and its environs, and they continue to mul
tiply rapidly.
These lieing, at l?est, very un|K>pular cases in this
quarter, (he having the Abolitionists, the flesh, and
the devil, to contend with,) it will he necessary for
those wishing to secure his services, to forward him a
power of attorney, duly executed, and minutely de
scriptivc of the fugitive, and also a fee of J?20, to defray
preliminary and contingent exjwnses. His universal
charge for securing sucli slave is S100, and all reason
able expenses.
Mr. Pettis will promptly and fai'.\fully attend to
any business confuted to him, touching his profession.
All letters must be post paid.
New York March 17, 1H41?d&cGm.
J*j- The Alexandria Gaxetto will copy the above,
and send their bill to me at IBroadway, New
York. F. H. PETTIS.
NKW NOVEL, by G. P. U. James.?Coise de
Leon, or the Brigand, a Romance, by the author
of " Darnley " The Gentleman of the Old School,"
' Ac. Sic. is just published and this day received, for
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able for building purposes.
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14 Drawu Number* out of 75.
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1 do 2,500 30 do 300
I do 3,130 40 do '250
'25 do 1,000 50 do '200
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grand capital*.
1 priii! of 83,528
I do 2,500
50 do 1,000
90 dw
1 prize of 35,000
1 do 15,000
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t tiu o.oflb
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300 do '200
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75 Number Lottery?13 Drawn Ballot*.
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Certificate* of package* of 25 Whole Ticket* 8130 00
Do. do '25 Half do 65 00
Do. do 25 Quarter do 3'2 50
$50,000 $20,000 81?,000
UNION LOTTERY,
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To be positively drawn at Alexandria, D. C., on Sa
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BRILLIANT SCHEME.
1 prize of 850,000 50 prize* of 81,000
1 do '20,000 50 do 300
I do 10,000 50 do 350
3 do 5,000 65 do 200
1 do 3,477 Ac. Ac.
13 Drawn Number*.
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May, 1841.
GRAND CAPITALS.
1 prize of 835,*295 I 1 prize of 81,000
1 do 10,000 1 do 3035
1 do 5,000 | 1 do 3000
1 do 4,000 I 40 prize* of 1500
Ticket* 810?Halves $5?Quarter* 82 50
Certificate* of packages of 25 Whole Tickets 8130
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3 Capitals of $25,000 and 100 of 81000.
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To be drawn at Alexandria, D. C., on Saturday,
May 39, 1841.
GRAND CAPITALS.
1 prize of 835,000
1 do 5,000
1 do 2,0n0
100 prizes of 1,000
10 prizes of 8500
20 do 300
85 do 200
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Tirk?*. #10 U.l-rc. 90?duancrfc 8*2 iH).
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do do 25 halves 65 00
do do 25 quarters 33 50
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Drawing* sent immediately after they are over to
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SCHOOL FUND LOTTERY OF R. ISLAND
For Saturday, April 17th.
4 prize* of 810,000?4 of'83,000?4 of 82,000?1 of
81,250?4 of 31,062 50?50 of 31,000?
50 of 8500-50 of 8400.
75 Number*?12 Drawn Ballots.
Certificate package wholes, 8120 00
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Whole* 310?shares in proportion.
All order* for ticket* in the above Lottery will re
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NOTICE.?The subscriber have removed their
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april 12-lw Lottery Managers.
Patriotic Bank,
Washington, Aptil 8, 1841.
AT AN ELECTION held on the 5th instant, in
conformity with the law of Congress on the 3d
day of July, 1H40, the following atockholder* were
duly elected Director* of this Bank
William A. Bradley,
O. C. Ghammer,
Piuneas Bradley,
W. H. Gunnm.l,
At a meeting of the Board on tli?> 6th instant, Wn.
lum A. Bradley was unanimously re-elected Presi
dent of the Bank, and at an adjourned mooting held
this day, Robert N. Johnston was elected a Oircc
lor to supply the vacancy caused by the election of
President. PISHEY THOMPSON, Cashier.
Bank of Washington, April fi, 1841. '
AT an election held yesterday, in conformity with
the law of Congress of the 3d of July; ,H-i0, the
following gentlemen were duly elected Director* of
this Bank, viz.
William Ginton,
Jacob Gideon,
Stanislaus Murray, and
Edward Si.mms.
And at a meeting ol the Board thi* morning, Wm.
Gi nton wan chosen President, and John P. Ingi.k
elected a Director to supply the vacancy thus occa
sioned.
JAMES ADAMS,
april I)?3t Cashier.
WASHINGTON HOUSE, No. 233 Chesnut
sheet, next door to the Maaonic Hall, Philadel
phia. H T. HART WELL, Proprietor. Thi* new
and splendid house is now open, and fitted up in the
most fashionable style for the accommodation of gen
tlemen and families.
The location for health and convenience, to places
of fashionable resort or business, has no superior;
while the parlors, dining-room*, and chamber*, will
bear comparison with any similar establishment in the
Union.
The ladies will find in it all the quiet and elegance
of a stately private mansion, and the gentlemen every
luxury that may be ei|iected from a hotel of the first
class in the city of Philadelphia.
The proprietor hope*, bv his exertion*, to merit a
liberal patronage for the Wash ngton House, and to
give entire satisfaction to all who may honor it with
their company. march 25-tf
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mar 33