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I I 1 mrnmrn^^mmsm-mmasmemmm b THB MADISONI AN. ? ,- - . washington city. j ' thursday kvenjng'octob i in tmosc thimtt* which im hmimflrialvnt ,fn?w \ be ijjiitf mt nok-illtimtll, libebty ; avs bi 4li >| thimci uhltlti.? alfwlilt. i No Bank?* Ksvcnuk Tahift?no Distbi butoon-wno Abolitionibm?a stbict coNbthuc ] TtoifeQe THB CONSTITUTION, A8 BY JLFKEBBONJ mqv. Public Umt?an economical adminibtRa | fto* of PuBWff Affairs? and Universal Sur fHACiB with UnfrrjWBAL Education. I 4 > OFFICIAL. I , appointments by the president. Geohoe Moiib, to be Consul of the Uoitet States, for Dresden, in Sar..ony, in the place o E. P. Kivinus, resigned. Joseph C. Luther, of New York, to be Com mercial Agent of the Uuited States, at Port at Prince, in the Island of St. Dotninigo, in th place of P. D. Cummins, declined. treasury notes and " specie clauses In our last we clearly proved the whole op< r'Atiiwk nluiinf tKa " SSiih.Trftfteiirv" In Kn itnu as ever, io full force. There are just as nan preventives against official delinquencies ncr as before the repeal of the act; just as sever punishment for convicted malefactors; beraui the r.ih clause -vmen vv nave si; a :: to I the gre*: moving princip e of the whole act, ii . complete operation. , tww propose a f* w rttnukr upon ?h -p-civi c. vMse'^ tf t<'s cel-ma' d bill- ii?? "rat tt ? of the Government before and since. 15y a vote of both Houses in the Congress c ISiG, the Secretary of the Treasury was require and directed to adopt such measures as he migh deem necessary to cause all duties, die. accruing or becoming payable to the United States, to b collected and paid in the legal currency of th< United States, or Treatury no/e*, or notes o the 13aiik of the United States, as by la.v provi ded and declared, or in notes .of banks whici were payable and paid on demand in the saic legal currency of the Unit d States, &c. By this resolution it will be seen the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to receive Treasu ry notes in payment of Government dues?i practice that has existed, with some modifica lions, ever since. Mr. Woodbury, when Secretary of the Trea sury?there being a deficiency in the revenui accruing from customs, public lands, <tc. to mee the expenses of the Government?was author 17P/1 1)V an nl C\morr*?c? fn ieeiio Troacnrt notes ; to procure a loan sufficient to liquidati the engagements of the Government. Thest notes, of course, were receivable in payment ol duties and sales of the public lauds; and the debt thus contracted has not wholly yet been ex tirpaied. These Treasury notes bore interest, and vveri immediately seized upon by capitalists as desi rable investments of surplus moneys; thus bene fitting the People only by the temporary aeconi modation they afforded Government?an accom modal ion, by the way, for which the People pai an interest of 6 per cent. The constitutional^ of the issue of these notes was not doubted at th lime ; nor the tax upon the People of the per cent, supposed necessary to find puichaser These note-*, it is true, became no 4'circulatin medium," " no Government currency"?noi however, from any legal restriction, but fror the fact they were himbaruled by the banks who paid out their own notes to the People fo a currency, by which they realized a profi double in amount?one - h * 1 f from the legal an natural interest upon the Treasury notes the held, the otlier from the circulation of their ow notes as a subs'itute currency ! Thus, certainly, the banks were fostered, am at tlie expense of the People. Sec. 19 h of the "Sub-Trea-ury" bill modi fied ihe resolution of the 30th June, 1816, o which w e have been speaking, as to cause al duties, taxes, dec., accruing to the Unitet States, after 30th June, 18-40, to be paid in tin legal currency ; after 30ih June, 1841, one otlie fourth; after 30(1) Juno, 1842, one other fourth and alter 30th June, 1843, the remaiuing fourth Of the policy or s; irit of this clause, we d? not purpose speaking at length. Some sup posed it the most obnoxious of the whole bill other*, the only obnoxious: and some as honest the great Redeeming feature. We can imagine a state of things, whrr such a law, if not absolutely necessary, migh have been remedial of many existirg abuse' and preventive of much threatened evi fc?ach a state the author of this clause may hav s i| pos< d ? xisiing at the time he so fervently ad vocated the passage of the bill. Between tli years of 1830 and 1835, over three hundrei hanks were chartered, w i an amount of capt tal almost incredible, and with a facile tendency to discount entirely so. This banking bubbh broke immediately it reach d its natural infla tion ; and in 1836 a suspension of all the bank occurred, to the rum of thousands. ~~ But th evil, though great, would not have Ifeen so dis astrons or fatal in its consequences, had hones legislation compelled immediate liquidation Such a couise was not pursued ; on the con trary. a pol cy was undertaken which, in p?-c trading the system, strengthened the diseasi Open credit was found in London, ihrougti ih sale of State stocks, and in 1H3^~'39 au cn >i inous amount was manufactured and sent ov? for sale, the proceeds of which enabled Amer can insti.utions to recommence their exten?iv ?j* '.?i it of lolly and crime. In 1839 inHatio had done its worst: and, in the fall of that yea private and | uhlic credit were alike ? nguiphe in the dreadful collapse iliat followed the ras and fraudulent extension. The defalcation? and attendant discredits ha reached iheir possible height at the commence men! of the " dark year" of 1840, and while iht same "Sub Treii-ury"bill was rnaiuting, the ori gmaior of the " specie clause" might have suj posed it expedient, hicause no paper, whetht of p.ivaie individuals, of inrorp rated coinpt rues, or even of Stalps, was safe to receive t hold. He therefore wished the Governmer due? and the Government fund?, receivable an retainable in specie, that ihe people, for wlios bent lit Government was instituted and its nt ces?ary expen-es incurred, might not suffer th more from the unpardonable extravagance o speculat rs, or the criminal conduct of de fatiliers. Hut such a period hn? passed away. Tin bank? in existence are obliged to pay specie and the moment ihey cease is the let minus of (lieir riiittiwe, There is, iherelurv, now no * existing necessity (or such a law, as tar as banking institutions are concerned. The clause, therefore, was repealed with ih* i ebb-Treasury," and not re enacted with the > r??auactment of the 17tl? section. Consequent ? ly, the resolution of 1816 revived iu full force, . and Treasury notes again are legalized payment - of dues to the Government. " But," say^ some o t youj modem purists, J ~ M the late issue of f reasury .notes is a gross violation of the Constitution," and why ? " Be cause the Constitution gives Government no authority to eatiblish a currency." But the laws, subject to the Constitution, have given ik^ wamias Ia ionua Tennenrtr nninc wikKnul J t||C pvwci IV ?|V?DIMj UV<W| .. *?MWW specifying the rate of interest at which ihev shall run. And if theie be a plethora in the money ma kety the Secretary of the Treasury is bound, by his regard lor the interests of the 11 People, to' obtain that money fi r purposes of Government, at its slowest marketable value; and how, in argument, can it make a difference, whether this money is obtained by paying six ? <?? UtaiMikljiA/llk nnv /tanl 7 1^1 Ct'ljl. Ul UliC uuuuiVUUI pel vvrui. r f- We will reduce the argument of these pro* f> found logicians to a syllogism, that they, too, 7 may perceive its absurdity. ... " The Constitution authorizes the issue of e Treasury notes. Mr. Woodbury issued Treasie ury notes at 6 per cent.; ergo, Mr. Woodbury's 'e i iss'ji' > .u c n .i tutional. Kow, ire wi1! apply '' ! the s.irn process to Mr. SpenctrV course. , ] The Constitution authorises t'e issue of! 0 : Trca??- y notes. Air. Spt m.etjia ?*iui! idesv -* notes at one uitU per cent.; ergo, Mr. Sj<u:oer'.- I issue is a "gross violation of the Cou?(tluiiou . T The whole argument is just as sound, and no ^ more, as the following : lt " No cat b?9 two tails : S A cat must have one tail more than no cat." e Ergo, a cat has three tails ! e If the syllogisms are different, the reasoning * is just as conclusive. " I We have still a few more " last words" on 1 this subject. I We have had, within the last few weeks, Webst.r, Granger, and Tullraadge, at Washington. They had political ends to answer in their visit.?Globe. Not one of them, as far as we have been able 1 to learn, had a word to say on political topics. Bat if the mere fact of their coming hither, be sufficient evidence in the Globe's estimation of a political intrigue with the President, the astute 1 '' bargain and sale" contriver must also admi1 1 that Mr. Van Buren's visit to Mr. Clay at Ashland is a fair off set. f . ; Washington, October 25th, 1843. k To the Editor oj the JMadisonian : P My attention has just been cal'ed to an article from the pen of the Washington correspondent of the N. Y. Express, dated October 12th, 1843, signed B. E. and which appeared in that paper of the l7lh instant, to which 1 beg leave to offer a brief reply, ? to that part alone, however, which more immediately - concerns myself. Who that correspondent is, I know - not, nor do I care to know. i- Whatever may be my own opinion, or the opinions i- of such of the citizens of Washington, who are acd quainted with the circumstances relative to my nony appointment to office, I must beg leave to state, that e no such conversation as is described by the corresg pondent of the Express between Mr. Spencer and myself ever took place. Mr. S. never in his life mentioned Dowden's name to me. nor did he ever ? allude to him, his trial, or any thing else relative to, '* or connected with him. As for Mr. Dowden, be is a n perfect stranger to me, 1 never spoke to him in my r? life, nor have I the slightest recollection of having r ever seen him, until 1 saw him in the Court House, t awaiting his trial. d 1 hope the editors of the Express, will see the pro y priety pf giving this an insertion in their paper, in n order that things may stand in their proper light. 1 remain, very respectfully, j Your ob't servant, JABEZ B. ROOKER. NEW WORKS AT FRANCK TAYLOR S, f Life of Andrf.w Jackhon, private, military, 1 and civil, with illustrations, t>y Amos Kendall. 1 To be completed in Gfteen numbers. The first number of this admirable work has been issued, and may be bad of F. Taylor, in this city, for 25 ccuts. It contains an excellent portrait of the old hero. The work itself, considering the ability of the writer, his official and social intercourse with the General, is doubtless the best history of that remarkable man ever yet > written, or ever to be written. A month or so ago we saw an intimation in the Globe, that 1 | another author had written the only correct liis1 tory of some of the prominent events in Gen. 1 Jackson's life, and we thought it was des gned as an insinuation thai Mr. Kendall's production e was drfectire? but the work itself will defy de" traction. e McClluoch'h Gazetteer.?Part 5.?Price ' 25 cent". We would, remark that this is the * most valuable woik of the kind ever republished f in this country. The Washington Corresponde nt of the Baltimore Hun, under date of October 25, say* : " In regard to the wurkingmen resuming their dur ties at the Navy Yard in a few days, the proapert - brightens. The valuation of materials, long since I condemned and lying idle?only occupying space which could be more advantageously used?cannot 1 be. less than $35,(HK) or $40.(KK). The greater proi portion of this property is copper, which, like some other description* of metal, is always in demand. It i* indeed fortunate for " Uncle Hamuel" that the President and Secretary of the Navy hit upon thu e method to raise funds to pay for finishing the old r gentleman's work ; for such is the increase of business at tbe mines in various parts of the country, that r in a year or two longer thia copper would not bring j. one-half what it will now. No doubt now at ist* that a sufficient fund can tic raised to ran th? 'nrlim.n e until after the meeting of Congress ; and with no less n confidence do the woricmrn rely upon the ['resident. r( and Sec etary of the Nary, to set them to work again j speedily." h Rot at. Pi.atr - Krery one, perhaps, is not aware of the many useless expenses to which the people who exist under a monarchical Government?the t] free Gorernment of Great Britain, for instance, are exposed. It is said that the. bare nlate, at Windsor Castle, i* ralued at $8,500,000. A single gold ser' Yiceof George 4th's contains all the utensils reqtui site to dine, one hundred and thirty guests. There is in this collection a Teasel which once belonged to Charles XI of Sweden; another taken from the, King 'T of Ava ; others were taken from the Spanish Anna , da and others again wcie brought from China, Burmah, and India There are also thirty dozen gold >r plates, wort h %\ 30 each, besides splendid gold shields it tor snuff boxes, worth from $30,(XX) to $40,o00. V A VMaM EMMIUN Wll.ei great eruption *' has recently taken plam from the erater of Mount Vesuvius, exhibiting a beautiful appearance, and al ' most turning night into day at Naples. ' EmFHASIXB Tfltis WOSIII CORRYI Tl.T.?Boy, go in and aak how old Mrs. Jenkins is?" *' Yes tva am." The boy returned wilh the an, swer. "The lady says she don't know how old she ;? > J ma'am." ' 1 #Vom Ik* Aiukmnut THbunt MR. BKOWN80N AND THE QHOBE. Extreme bigotry and vulgar malevolence are eel don? found asunder. The bigot, whether ui politic or religion, is ever in mind narrow, ft tnate low, ami cruel in his dirpoaition. These bee his ftuouat iave riabie characteristics. His deration % big OWt crotchets ?>en no generous enthw|i#?i bkviteg d> cheers; but a melancholy, bitter, raiwmrous, jealous) of all men who differ with him in opinion and ever of the worthier members of his own sect or party drives him forward to sltuder, egmoee, and bate Over bis fancied orthodoxy he sits (when indeed be i st rest from 44 going forth seeking wham ha may de vour") like a surfeited dog ovt rlheBxxi of which he can swallow no more, and Jf) Mjfiwli and anarh at a very ana who. approaclaila.,; Marly always an avaricious and COT^^PyWMpipa sen* of his own meanness is most QHM?nw|Sw9t of hit-j sleepless suspicion of others. n)eili(i| llin lowest grade of human intellect, be is Utterly Ooablo to ap-1 preciate a philosophic 11 view upon aup point of doc trine which he has embraced upon rtasouina, sbal low of course, and narrow, or else it coud^oevei have been squeezed into his miserable intellect Hence, any speculation that soars above thp mind and filth which he his been accustoioqjl *P oflpdhnd root for his opinions, he looks upon as ""visionary, puia doxical" even without examination, m turns up his ugly snout at it with a grunt of ptofawd. contempt Poor creature ! " Rtt n cipiuoiOK^pd pedum r$tct/Lenti#." Who ever expects bint, uywajse a dwoierested act, a profound d'scourWyJkyHjbjb self-qeMp* firing character? It would be atwffplMth hi* iMe* rests, which find nothing invilhgjPlp|A the Mth that offsnds every one but hi|| peculiar species which, unfortunately, iq^l^aoqnd in the These ideas have sprung up'ikiadM^tiutly in our mind, upon the perusal of a'JotdnSwfW of the " Wtukington Giobe," containinmf |uwitfttaek^ upeo' Mr. Brbwnsoa for being ^iBKpr with his own partyj and particularly wttffiQett. Jackson, on Hie-snnieet of politics! sovereignty.' > He." ;General Jscksoo) says. Mr- Browns#*,' ! ' ippeaM in I"- adtuinlstta^of to bat* regarded th* 1 nn .pic us dove tb. ( ."..sUtution ami laws, and to have wM, i.,'; ;i i?e eeurv't the highest possible sanction to&t h?? hci*. wiivn "ud 'itco ihe ifopOlnr upprubs*1 iiou formally, or informally cxpre?.s?drM ' 'i'li is is the bead and front of Mr. Brownaon1* offending, and in ibis, Mr. Blair, with his usual, deep penetration into motives, finds conclusive evidence, that this eminent gentleman " has been bribed for several years past by the whigs to utter 4 pestilent opinions,' for trie purpose of breaking down the democratic party!" "We believed then," (in 1840,) says Mr. Blair, " that this man Brownson was employed by the enemies of the Democracy, to put forth his pestilent opinions, with a view to the very use they ii ade of them. We are now convinced that the supposition was well founded." We," " we"?Mr. F. P. Blair of the G'obe?is convinced of this?convinced that a man, eminent as a thinker, of abilities acknowledged not only in America but in Europe, where Mr. Blair probably never was, nor never will be heard of, a gentleman, ascho lar, and a Christian, the latchets of whose shoes the editor of the Globe is unworthy to untie has been bribed to differ from his parly as to constitutional so vereignty and General Jacksou's opinions thereon. What can evince a more pitiable state of lunacy than this language and this belief, imply, if real? and if this conviction of Mr. Blair be expressed to deceive others, and to injure a fellow creature, a worthy good man, what but a slate of mental anJ moral depravity could have impelled to such brutal malice ? Yet who believes that Mr. Blair really entertains the opinion of Mr. Brownson here expressed; and whom does he imagine so near his own slate of maddened bigotry, that he can he persuaded into the belief which is here so confidently expressed, without a single reason to sustain it? We can readily suppose that any one who has surrendered himself to Mr. Ritchie, Mr. Blair, and few other kindred old women of the parly, should entertain the couviction, as the former gentlemen lias recently expressed it, that " one half of the majority who voted against Mr. Van Buren were bribed and the ottur half were intoxicated with cider 7" but we say that, except I?lr. Blair, there is not another man in the Li niled Slates who believes what he here says of Mr. Brownson?certainly, no other man would have valued his reputation so little as to have made such an assault u,on a good man's character. This is one of those revolting examples of coarseness and malignity, to which we had referred, when we said some time ago mat me personal violence and prescriptive spirit oi tlie Globe Mere one of the heaviest millstones, which in the late Presidential contest hung about the neck of the Administration, unpaired its utility, and tended to defeat Mr. Van Buren's election. VVho in the country but feels dishonored, when the ignoble ven- i 01110us reptiles, whose miserable deformities of mind alone make them distinguishable, are set in high j places, given authority, and allowed, with the weight of official name to embolden them, to crawl over and 1 dehie Uie reputations of men ? VVho but deprecates | the election of a President, whose patronage is des lined to revitalize the famishing hyenas, wolves, and j carrion crows, w ho follow the parly march, simply to fill their bellies with what they can obtain by stealth or by violence ? What true-hearted American but blushes at the thought, that the low, abusive, | and we ma) ad.J, the illiterate spirit of the Washington Globe should express the official voice of Ins country .' We see that the reputation brought upon the press of our country, by calumnious and violent presses, like the paper to which we allude, has be- ; come the scorn ol all intelligent foreigners, whopoint at it as an evidence of national depravity and perpetually declining character. Ttie article in the Globe which makes this wanton assault upon Mr. Ltrownson, lull) sustains the strong language which wc have us, d. Consider the reck!?? iii*<>n?ihilitv uliirh cimlil liMutr n eViiinre of hri bery, founded on certain speculations of Mr Brown- j son, so abstract in tbeir character that few will read : or appreciate them, and which Mr. Blair confesses i that he has tier r read.' Broirnson (says the writer of the Globe) has rc-! cently published an article in the Democratic He- | view, staffed with all the high toned aristocratic as- j sumption?a I that derogation from the popular in- 1 teliigence and virtue?w Inch characterizes federalism We hare not read this article, but gather its traits from the notirrs of the public press. We. look upon it to be as silly to lollow such wandering lights as Mr. Brown son, as to travel after an igntr fatuus in a swamp We never look the trouble to rtad .Mr Brownson's lucubrations iven irhen he pretended to be a democrat [What an exquisite sense of truth ] Vagaries and paradoxes never have any attraction for us. They | are in fact, so repuLnre, [utterly untrue] that tee did not even look into .Mr Brenrnson's late version if the federal doctrines, now avowed by him, although it would alforded us ao opportunity of returning to our political opponents the lavor t' ey did us in imputing Brownson's democracy to our party. We simply advert to these publications now, as confirming our opinion, exprsssed in ld4o, in regain to the writer's motives. What quintes-ense ol conceit and malignity ! " Adv crt to these publications a? continuing our opinions" ? when those publications he acknowledges he never has read 1 Denounce a man as a rogue, a traitor, a lined liar, on the groud that he has published certain opinions, of which the " traits" only have been gathered from the representation of others ! No language can increase the. scorn which every right thinking man must feel who reads ?uch a paragraph as that which we have quoted. That a pa|>er which habitually indulges in these unfounded personalities should he read and encouraged, is a disgrace to our party. That Mr. Blair professes democracy is a misfortune to all honest men ol the tabie faith, for professions coming from such sources bring that faith into disrepute. No wonder a high-toned gentleman like John Forsyth found it necessary to his personal comfort, sell-rc?pect, and the dignity of the patty to which he belonged, to denounce the Globe on the floor of the Senate as a "filthy sheet.'''' We rrgaid that act of the illustrious and lamented statesman as an eminent service to his party and to his country,?for it proclaimed to all this filthy tribe of delamets, that insolence and vulgarity were not elements of democracy, and would he home no longer. One word ol the articles which Mr. Blair " has pulrivc to bin de licate taste. Those articles, Mr. Blair, (to whom, if we may judge from 'he tone of his paper, every thing but Ins own thrife is " visionray ?iid paradoxical,") even if he read, would not understand. Hundreds, however, have read the " KesayR on Government," winch Mr. Brownson h:is contributed to the Democratic Review, with a feeling, a profound reverence for the deep learning and far reaching wisdom of the author. In no part ot the three numbeis which have yet appeared is then a sinister or unworthy object. Kven if the authoi be incorrect in hi? conclusions, their effects are harin less. His great object is to develope the correct idea of popular sovereignty under a constitutional government, and to draw a practical line, of distinction between the power of revolution and the eoriRtilutional rights of minorities, which, when one? admitted, as guarantied by a constitution, there is no rightful power, either within or without the forms ol that constitution to tulce away, until it is changed by a prescribed mode which itself provides. The T ^ ^ JUouMiuii i* of vital moment, it involve* the ?ii* puLo beivvj.'gA aovtiou* of our owu party, nlulive io the Jthode blend aifyr, and attempt* to arrive et ilit) aulytioo of aeunltag which u likely to r#eur very often io ^punltea*Matea, e&poeed to the violence end agitation of tawtcBdiqg partita. HigHt or wrong, Abe viewa prMftwded by Mr. IgywiPCO jUvprvc# to bw mM ky wry dittou* eetedatatiwpmh WraMngaf,hje via? we doaot jurselve* coinoMb* hill Wrn'ljfaf them the'bu tnor is as ihnmh as no* ew,nq ?Mfi* Ksn wilt <feuj?and C?W, WC ftmtK. Witt b* j?Mi MOUgh to dmas swords wjfcftte uaMf W?U equipped aodMfsined feiSQ&fe WJi: Say attract tlmbftcn|frwj,?y iprtslon to the prowess abcro, the wind of ?hqsa sword, if he came iyitliin reach of it, woiMIar the noisy buffoon on pis back for the bsqiIiJI n Ms daws. Fools write Vmir own history better (be* toy bony else can do it |far tlfem. In the same paper from which we have ^yracted the pUllippfe against Mr. Brownson, ws Jnd a ridicukwisautocinOI upon the immortal Dorr? That prince of cowards end political Quuioles. These (pro articles show the feasor of Mr. Blair, and Uie jprt of "paradox and virion" which finds favor in his y flc.Jfwouri Reporter^Tbe " Missourian, " referring to some remarks Bade in the Reporter a few days ago, exclaims? jKiui yet the Reporter la not unfriendly to CM. Benito!". Our setttimenta with 'regard to the reoeot oonrae of Col. Benton in iatUWModling with the fecal phm of MiiSoun, have ?bt; been concealed. The ol.'s "re<wytt importsMpw Jdfeong us," of a^ mouth* Jfacoswhich will abjectly echohts views upon every boint, and his letters which have been published duBox the past lour or five weeks, Mire removed all 3Mmbl in our mfud, of his determination to upheld the Ipenigat Clique at all hazards. If Mr. Van Anawerp SSippcecs that we are so very a slave jw to remain si|cnt ^fbeq assailed, or to continue passive under his jpastevb blows, he must have formed his esUanaie of our ufci?raotcr trmsr foolishly thinking other nten are crn^iegand mean-spirited as himself. Col. JJey lis? chosen in >it%r disregard of that fundapt'iolgi*>Vir"-?pie of 1)mo- < <*;<. y that lie is the ttmwf off- tkn itl'iip . . , 1. .1^5, H-'ji' , V* V charge, to otoc* ;i,c seven i^- <? - pb to obey ins ?rio-.k-iI b' hmn in ui! luatUta oi fataie policy?even to opening their purse-strings to pay Iiib trumpeter for | summing ma praise and echoing his commands. He has voluntarily entered the lists and arrayed himself in open hostility to the liberal Democrats of Missouri. He has even specified who are his' friends,'and drawn the tine so that there can be no mistake about the position he wishes to occupy. If opposition to cur* rency bills, wire-pulling and Centralism, and support of the District system, the Constitution, freedom of speech and of the press, the sovereignty of the people and constitutional reform, are regarded by him as evidences of personal hostility, and a sufficient justification for hi? unexpected, dictatorial, and bitter assaults upon ourself, as well as a host of his former political friends, the successor of Lynde Elliott need have no doubts as to our true position. We have lived loo long as a freeman to become the serf of any one at the present day. We shall discuss all public measures, regardless of the dictation of Col. Benton, and if he considers our independence an ind.cation of " unfriendliness," why, so be it. Did the Missourian suppose that when blows were freely dealt upon our devoted head, we should not dare to beat them back, no matter whose the hand that directed them? Did the editor of that print think that we, following a noted example which he "wots of," would leave our weapons in the hands of our antagonist, and seek safety in ignobly flight?? "Our military education," as well as our political, was received in a different schuol. When struck, we al a ays strike back. As letter writing is " the species of warfare of recent importation among us," we shall " define our present position," as far as Colonel Benton is concerned, to his entire satisfaction, in a series of letters winch wc shall take the liberty of addressing to hun in a few dajs, through the columns of the Reporter. He has stepped into the arena, not us a dignified spectator of a contest with which lie ought not to have meddled, but as one of the combatants, and tiken up the cudgels in defence of our discomfited foes. He has, of Ins own accord, enlisted in the war in support of Clique Federalism, and in open hostility to true Democracy?equal representation and the sovereignty of the people. In such a strife we fear no enemy. Battling tor the Democratic faith and the cause of truth, we shrink from, no antagonist, however formidable his appearance or menacing his attitude.? " Thrice is he armed who hath his quarrel just," and relying on the justice of the cause for which we contend, v/e arc ready to meet its Iocs, even with the weapons of their own choice. " Everything for the enuse ?nothing for view," is our motto, id practice as well as profession?and adopting that sentiment as oar rule of action, we shall, in pursuance of " the species of warfare of recent importation among us," | 1 commence, as soon as leisure will permit, a series of i letters to Colonel Benton, in which we shall give as : 1 di-itinctl) as possible our views of the relation in j which he now stands to the Democracy of Missouri, , as well as that we occupy. We regret that we have been driven to the adoption of this course, but justice to the State, to the liberal Democrats of Missouri, to our cherished principles and to our own character, will admit of no alternative. We have sought to obviate, by all the honora- j bie means in our power, the necessity of referring to Col. Brntoo, in connexion with the local controversy j which has been going on in Missouri for many months, but which had nearly ended when he entered the : lists arid kindled the strife anew. He has ordered it \ otherwise, lie would not permit the controversy to > end, hut relying upon his own prowess, he has deJeriiuned to "ride rough shod" over the opponents of j the currency bills, and the friends of the District sys- I tcm, cipial representation and the sovereignty of the people. The friedds of Col. Johr.son have been I placi d under the ban, and all who have dared to^lif jer from him on any point. His open assault upon the freedom of the press is a matter of public noto- ! riety, and his bitter denunciations of us, leave no al ternative on our part but to cringe like a whipped , spaniel, or to maintain our rights as becomes a freeman. For one, we cannot hesitate when such an al- | ternative is presented to us; and we have greatly mistaken the lofty spirit and manly independence of Missouri Democrats, if thousands on thousands, do not stand lip with us in proud vindication of "the ricrhf tif ni ivalo iii^mn*nl tho froorhvrrx r?f I ho nr?>?? ? v. , . -. - . ...w | and the sovereignty of the people ; indignantly spurning all efforts to subject them and us to the tyranny of any one man or set of men. From the .llbany .Hr^uf. THE WHIG VICE PRESIDENCY . The proposition lately made to run Mr. Webster on the w hig ticket for the Vice Presidency, ?eems to I have given the Clay whigs a vast deal of annoyance ! Mr. W ii "an ugly customer"?this is manifest, and they want to get rid of him. He is rather loo strong with the whigs in the Northern and New England | Btates to be put down by abase ; so even now the , wire-pullers are attempting a new game. They would put him out of the way by flattery. The N Y. Tribune of Monday contains two of the mo?i affectionate reasons why Mr. W. should not run i for the Vice Presidency. 1st. Mr. Webster is n man ! of "too transcendent talents" for such a station as ' the Vice Presidency. This may he ; but such men as Thomas Jefferson, Ocrge CI Dion, Daniel D. Tomp kins, John C. Calhoun and Martin Van Buren, have held thai post, and we. rannot conceive how it would degrade Daniel Webster to be their successor. '2d His selection would injure Mr. Webster's present " fair fame," as it would imply a coalition and a bargain with Mr. Clay on the part of Mr. W. and bis friends for the sake of this office. It is a-tonishing what sensitiveness these Clay-whigs begin to feel for Mr. W.'s reputation While he held a seat ?n President Tyler's Cabinet he was assailed by | the favorite organ* ol Mr. Clay, with a ferocity more j bitter than he ever was by his Democratic opponents The editor of the Tribune must have forgotten that Mr. Webster must be fully aware of the real nature of apparent kindness from that quarter. Shockjvo Dr.sECRATiow.?About two years since, Mr Peter Hanson, a citizen of l.afayctte, committed suicide and was buried in tIk- l,nfnyetle cemetery, where a splendid mat hie tomb was ereeted over his remains. Strange and shocking as it may appear, it is nevertheless the (act, that on Tuesday night last the tomb was taker, to pieces and earned off uy some persons unknown, and the body along with it! Wh^t could have induced tins unusual and unheard of disturbance of the ashes and teriamenl of the dead, no one can tell; neither has any clew been obtained to the mystery. A century ago this sudden disappearance would have been attributed to witchcraft, or some, other demoniac influence ; hut we have obtained a greater msignht into the villainy of man siner that period.?A*. 0. Tropic. rr^*Mn llwiii " sk iivn 4mo i o I f v' i n i will take place this (Thursday) evening ; and, as on a former occasion, there will, doubtless, be a large and | fashionable audience. Tu the Editor of tho Sfaditqiiiun t 8m ! You will do a go >d work toward* th promotion ol civil liberty by inserting (be fol-1 lowing (laktu from the Philadelphia Mercury)) in Atvor of a yiciitu of fihiropean.despotism,in your paper; a* also another from a German committee, in New Yyk, addressed to the! Israelites in the Unit?d StateV A Countryman of Phofsssor Jordan. "AN APPEAL " To the freemen of the city end county of Phil* dfjpuia, on behalf of PROFESSOR JORDAN el the University of Marburg (Germm*,1) late member of the House of Representatives of He9seo CasselJ now in prison for the alleged crime of high treason, of whitfh he was convicted without trial, by an inqtflailory process conducted by cue of the crown judges" Prffutor Jordan is known throughout Germany as om pi the most fearless champions of popular rights and ^religious liberty- It was through his etlorts principally that the Jews were emancipated in the Electorate of Hesse,jmd that the savage, cruel, and profligate despotism which has for nearly a century swayed that unfortunate country, baptised by William Pittas the " butcher's shop of Germany," was at last mitigated end tamed.' For this he is now, in bit advanced, age, loaded with chains by the side of the bjghwjgqian and'murderer! His family, solely dependent on the produce of his literary and scientific labors, is by this uityust and*merciless judgment exposed to the utmost suffering, deprived not only of the means of subsistence, but without a prospect bettering their condition for the next five or six years "Underthese circumstances the adopted German eitfoefis have resolved to ad dress their fellow citizens without distinction of caste, in order to solicit their aid In obtaining subscriptions for this unfortunate family ; trusting to that generous sympathy which while k has-a tear and open hand for unfortunate Ireland, will not entirely overlook the throes and anguish of a nation whose serene philosophy and patient investiration of truth has entitled them no less to the consideration of mankind, and whose struggle for liberty, though more silent, is on that account not leas intense and persevering." The Pursuit or Troth.?The greater number of those who study nature, frequently do not consider that with the eyes of prejudice tbey will never discover more than that which they have resolved beforehand to find ; as soon as they perceive facts contrary to their own ideas, they quickly turn aside, and believe their eyes have deceived them ; or else, if they turn back, it is in hopes to be able to reconcile them with those notions with which the mind is imbued. It is thus we find enthusiastic philosophers, whose pieposessions show them, even in those things which most openly contradict their opinions, incontestible proofs of those systems with which they are pre-occupicd. There are very few men in the world who think deeply, who render to themselves an account of their ideas, and who have penetrating minds. Justness of intellect is one of the rarest gifts which nature bestows on the hum&frtipecies. Too lively an imagination, an over-eager curiosity, are as powerful obstacles to the discovery of truth, as too much phlegm, a slow conception, indolence of mind, the want of a thinking habit. All men have more or less imagination, curiosity, phlegm, bile, indolence, activity. It is from the just equilibrium which nature has observed in their organization that justness of mind depends. Nevertheless, the organiza. tion of man is subject to change, and the judgment of his mind varies with the changes which his system is obliged to undergo; hence those almost perpetual revolutions which take place ia the ideas of mortals; above all, when there is a question concerning those objects upon which experience does Dot furnish them with any fixed basis whereon to support them. To seek and discover truth, which every thing strives to conceal from us, and which we are frequently disposed to dissimulate to ourselves, or which our habitual terrors make us fear to find, there needs a just mind, an upright heart, in good faith with itself, and an imagination tempered with reason. With these dispositions, we shall discover truth, which never shows itself either to the enthusiast, smitten with his reveries ; to tlife superstitious being nourished with melancholy; to the vain man, puffed up with his presumptuous ignorance ; to the man devoted to dissipation and to his pleasures ; or to the reasoner disingenuous with himself, who is only disposed to form illusions to his mind.?Holbach. Indian Slmmur.?This season, which has often been referred to by writers in prose and poetry, is denominated the Indian Summer, and was thus described by the late Rev. Dr. Freeman, in one of his occasional sermons : " The Southwest i? the pleasantest wind which blows in New England. In the month of October, in particular, after the frost?which commonly lakes plare at the end of September?it frequently produces two or three weeks of fair weather, in whtcli the air is perfectly transparent, and the clouds, which float in a sky of llie purest azure, are adorned with brilliant colors If, at this season, a man of an affectionate heart and ardent imagination shoo <1 vi-it the tombs of his friends, the southw eslern hi eer.es, as they breathe through the glowing trees, would seem to hnn almost articula e 1 hough lie might not be so rapt in enthusiasm as to faDcy ihat the spirits of his ancestors werewhispering in lus ear,yet he would at least imagine that he heard the still small voice of God This charming !>eason is called the Indian Summer?a name which is derived from the natives, who believe that it is caused by a wind which comes luimeciaieiy irom me court of their great, benevolent god, Cantowwit, or the Southwestern God?the god who is superior to all other beings, who sends them every blessing which they enjoy, and to whom the souls of their fathers go alter their disease." Tur. Princess Royal's Harp.?yuecn Victoria has hud a harp made for her little daughter, the eldest royal infant. The harp is three feet high, the pillar carved in the pure Elizabethan order, of w hite maple wood, guilt in burnished gold ; the bottom of the pillar is also rarved, supported by two dolphins ; the body is also maple wood (pure white,) the front of which is enamelled, and highly ornamented from the design of Raphael The neck has double gold lines, and has also painted in gold the rose, tliutle and shamrock ; the machine has action similar to the large harps, which is considered wonderful for so small an instrument, being the only one of the kind ever made. The pedals, which are connected with the machine, are of ivory, as also sides of body and pegs. At the top of the pillar is attached a splendid crown,carved and gilt in burnished gold. Hy the professors it is considered a most wonderful instrument for tone. The cover for the harp is of white satin, richly embroidered with two wreath*, rose, thistle, and shamrock, with P. R. in gold. The whole is enclosed in a splendid mahogany case, highly polished. The string box is also of maple wood, inlaid with pearl. It lias an ivory turning key; the harp, in many respects, is of the first workmanship. A Case or Hvd'iophoiiia four tesrs after tiif. Bite.?A resident of Epernsy, (I'as dr Calais,) a robust, bealthy man, recently succumed to this frightful di?case. About four years since he was bitten in the hand hy a dog ; the wound being slight, no notice was taken of it sit the time. The 4th of August he complained of numbness in the left hand, which extend ed to the wrist, arm, shoulder, and Mdr. For a short time the intestines were affected w ith a ron-tanl sensation of cold ; difficulty of respiration followed. The pulse was feeble and irregular ; cold sweats intervened, and, at times a slight pain in the throat, which increased, attended with great pain; arid, as the. disease ad vanned, he conceived nn aversion for all liquids, particularly wjter. This aversion became so matked, that on the Oth of August, the approach of this liquid to his lips, (he sight of it, or the mention even of any liquid, would almost produce convulsions. If he swnllowrd any medi cities, it was by a violent effort, and in closing his eyes. Me expectorated constantly ; his eye had a fixed and haggard expression; his conriten nee was flushed, and at length he evinced a disposition to injure those about turn; yet no one, his son excepted, suspected the disease. All Ihe aids of medical skil were unavailing. Mis end was, however, lews horrible than was anticipated ; a soil of paralysis seize,) the unfortunate man, and thus his sufferings ended.? I he (acuity will fine! in these facts the evident yet long controverted proof, that ttic hydrophobia may slumber, so to speak, foi yeafs ; and at length aw ake n to finish Ins victim ('oinrirr (lt? h'.lal< Unix. I lie Louisville Journal ol Saturday says, It is ( rumored that Clovernor Reynolds has appointed Judge Atchison, of Platte county, United States Senator, f< r Missouri, in place of Mr. Linn. TEMPtft.?Ho trait of character it more valuable in a female than the possession of aweet temper. Home can never be made happy without it. It is like the flowers that spring up in lour pathway, reviving and cheering ua. Let a man go home at night, wearied and worn by t?te toils of the day, and how soothing ia a word dictated by a goqfl disposition. It is sr^fhine falling upon bis heart He is bappy, and the care a of life are forgotten. A sweet temper has a soothing' influence over, tbe minds df the whole family. Where it is found in the wife and mother, you observe kindness and love predominating over the bed feelings of the natural heart- Smiles, kind words and looks, characterize tbf children, and peace and lows have their dwelling there. Study, then, to acquire aud retain a sweat 'tember. It is more valua ble than gold; it captivates igpre than beauty, and to the close of life retains all its freshness and power. Few people are awrre of the importance to health of ventilating sleeping apartments. It is stated that some years ago not Jest than SSfUtoftuit* out of 7650 died in the Dublin Lying-irt^gdapltAl, la the spgpe qf four years, within n fartuightn^ca the** birth. Is was at last, susgeotetf that great mottslKywas owing to a want of freshnfr; Slid auejtdingtyntiMuplete system of veD0 lat}oQ adopted. The result Was, the.proportion of deathsas reduced to 279! * >. ...... Domestic Lire.?AU the virtues of domestic life arejessons'which are taught in the Christina school. It is like the sun, who, though be rggulatet an&f&ds on the year, dispensing and Ifefy; togi) fee pfanotary worlds, yet disdains not, to cherish and beautify the flowers which opens its bofcom to his beams ; So the Christian religion, though chiefly* -intended to tannll ill ilia IrnnMrliflwa r%f Anil to happiness on high, y^t al?i?regu|*tas pui,?onv?rea? tion in the world, extend its benign influence to every circle of society, and peculiarly diffuseth its blessed fruits in the paths of domestic life.?Hogg. Prospects for Young Men in New Orleans?The Picayune 6f a late date remarksAmong the vast influx of strangers who come here every fall, no inconsiderable proportion of them are yoiing men without means, who ootne in quest of employment. The supply always exceed in a (treatdegree the demand, and hence bitter disappointment is the lot of many of them.r? Unless a yoiing man has mercantile friends here, or a probable prospect of employment, bis chances of advancement are extrentely doubtful. The boats of the natives of the Terra del Fuego are curiously built, and the bottom ballasted by clay, on which their c.ooking is performed. The men, as we have said, are great mimics. One of odr officers suug and danced Jim Crow to a set of them ; and a Fuegian immediately, to the great entertainment of the ships' crews, copied both dance and sung?the first to perfection, and the last so well that it was thought he pronounced every absurd word whilst he jumped Jim Crow !?Ross's Expedition to the .Antarctic. Marshal Bertrand.? The Board of Aldermen of New York, has passed a resolution appointing a committee to wait upon this distinguished stranger upon his arrival in that city and tender him the respects of the city government, and to request him to use the Governor's room during his stay in the city, to receive the salutations of the citizens. DEMOCRATIC MEETING. The Democratic citizens of Georgetown will have a general meeting at the Council Chamber, on Friday evening, the 27th October instant, at 7 o'clock, with a view to give a public expression of their sentij merits in regard to the Hon. ALEXANDER DUNCAN, the dauntless Democrat of Ohio. A splendid new packet ship, of 1,100 tons burthen, was launched at New York on Monday. She is call! ed the Prince Albert, and is to be placed on the LonI don line. Tic celebrated vine at Cumberland Lodge, in ! Windsor Park, (England,) supposed to he the largest ! in the world, now contains 2,350 bunches of grape?, ; each averaging one pound in weight. Its length is ; 138 feet, width 1G, and it extends over a space of 2200 j superficial feet, it has been planted 40 years. It is more prudent to pass by trivial oflences than to 1 quarrel for them ; by the last you are even with your | adversary, but by the first above him. A large sale of Bank and other stocks belonging to the State of Pennsylvania took place at Philadelphia on Tuesday last, at auction. The amount sold was po"3,4jj ov, payaoie eiuier in domestic scrip, reliel notes, or the notes of spec.e paying banks. MARRIED, On Thursday, J9th inst. at Twiford, the residence | of her fattier, by the Rev. B F. Stewart, JOKKI'H F. HARVHY, E*q. to IVHss ANN WASHINGTON, 1 eldest daughter of Col. John W. Hungerford, all of i Westmoreland county, Va. JAMES J. DICK INS, ATTOHNF.Y ANtl COUNSELLOR A f LAW, F) RACT1CES in the Supreme Court of the U S., the several Courts of the District of Columbia, prosecutes Claims before Congress and the se\eral Departments of the General Government; and, in general, does all business requiting an agent or attorney. Office, No. 4, west wing of the City Hall, Washj ington City, [) C. Oct 26?dly 1 I J TO ! I rE TO ! ! VE TO ! !! I THE PEOPLE t'j. THE ETHIOPIAN 8ERENADERS!!! IN const quenee of the immense crowds that have nightly visited Afi-ollo Hall, and the numerous requests from families who have not had an opportunity of witnessing their amusing pel formaners, they respectfully announce that they will continue their Concert* THREE NIGHTS longer, being poritiuly the la I previous to their departure to the South. | THURSDAY, FRIDAY, and SATURDAY. First night of " Dandy Jim from South Carolina." Firat night of " When I arrived from Baltimore." First night of " Niggers life is always gay." First night of " Lynchburg Town." First night of " Giand Congo Dance by Prlham." With a varieiy of other novelties, as will be expressed in the hills of the day. | fLr* Admission 2."> cents?children half price. | Oet 26? 3t FOR RENT. | The commodious three-slory dwelifllia iT j* I.. _ I ?L? ? f P 1 M| j j j A IMIW uuusr HI mr cunin ui r> ami jB lltH 5th street*, two square* east of tIto ^SBUBMSb General I'ost Office, for some years pusi the residence, of the Rev. Mr Stringfellow. Also, two other large dwrhing* on the square immediately west of the General Post Office, suitable Cor loarding houses. The lioii?es *hall be. put in complete order, and rented to respectable tenants on accommodating terms. A few building lots for sale or lease, some of which are in very desirable situations. Apply on 10th street west, to Oct. 26? eoil.1t JOHN BOYLE. NEW MUSIC. JUST received the following pieces of New Music, at the old established Ptore, two doors east of j 12th street, Pennsylvania avenue. W. FISCHER. Oh, come tome?by f A. Rowlings. Forget thee??by Jane Homan. i My happy home ?by J Blocklev. The promised hour?for the guitar?by G II. Derworl. Round, sound our horns?from "Amelie''? for the guitar. Corinthian Waltz. Souvenir do varsovie \al?e?by A. Hensclt. L'Aragonni'c valse?by I). F. K. Auber. Gabr-elsky's -is olonaiscs? arranged for two llutes. KufTncr's light do do do do Berbignif r's airs?from La Dame Blanche, do do Wics1 studio on modulation?for the flute. Walltier's airs?from La Bayadere- arranged for two flutes oct 2(1 ' v I ! n I MLMtl/'i W A I M A \I A f ^ A AT fY |> L'l)/\u I _i TORY OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE for I 1*44. jn?t rrrnrnl from Rostr>n, :,nH fur <,?!<> hv <" ' tS F I AW,' U; L_J