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, >. , ■ , . ^ - -| i- ( BMC DOCUMEAY. ANSWER Of"(hr .~£creiur>j o/ the Trea»urt/,to the Jhldress «*/' .V rntttn Kdvxtnls. [lOXTIXVKII.] It is true that, from causes not then to be fine seen, the subsequent payments into the bank fell 'Short of wiiat had been anticipated. But it is also true, that the whole ot the stipulated standing de posite was not always on hand. It has already been stated that this standing deposit" wax, at all times, liable to be drawn upon by the Treasury.— By the Treasurer's statement of quarterly balances, accompanying the Secretary’s report to the ilousc, of February 27, Ki«M, it appears that it had been so drawn upon, and that, at the close of six dill'or ent quartets, the whole amount in bank for which drafts had not actually been issued, was less than t ie stipulated amount ol standing deposite, hy an average of $20,000. By a statement accompany ing the letter from the1 President of the bank, ol the 30th June, 1821, it appears that, at the close of ten successive months, ** the whole sum in bank was actually less than the amount of the stipulated de posite, by an average of $20,000; and if, at all o ther tunes during the two years* continuance of the arrangement, the full amount were in bank, the av erage of the sum actually in bank during the whole period would have been but 140,000 dollars. 13u», it is to be observed that, in estimating the value of such a deposite to a bank, the certainty ol' its con tinuance, for a given time, at least, is to betaken into consideration. In repcct to this standing de posite there was no such certainty : it depended wholly on the convenience ef the Treasury. It was constantly subject to drafts for any part, or oven the whole, and it was frequently drawn upon. The idea, therefore, that this stipulation in regard to the standing deposite, was equal to an allowance to the bank of 0,000 dollars a year, is wholly fal lacious. It is proper to look, on the other hand, to the ser vices rendered hy the bank. Duiiug the continu ance of the arrangement, the bank transferred, nt its own risk and cost, 454,000 dollars, in cash, and about 133,003 dollars in notes, in kind. Calcula ting, then, the value of the transfers at the rate sta ted for transferring to Louisville, which was the nearest point, at three per cent, and the value of the standing deposite, actually on hand, at six per cent, a year, the rate of interest, it appears that the Services actually rendered hy the hank, in transfer ringjhc public money, may be estimated to amount to 17,803 dollars; and that the benefit enjoyed by the bank from the standing deposite, without ma king any deduction on account of its uneertaiutv, may be estimated at IG.00, ilius leaving a balance in favor of the bank. But, allowing the advantage and the service to he equal, in this respect, nothing then remains but the advantage derived by the bank from the temporary and uncertain possession of the surplus which sometimes remained over and above this deposite, as a compensation l'or all its o thcr services, in becomging responsible fi>» the notes received by it, in converting dicing as far as was rt - qtusito, into such funds as might be transferred to the U. States Hank, or as night hr required in pay ment of Treasur}-drafts, which were always de raandablo in specie, or its equivalent, and which, 'as appear by the letter from the President of the' bank, of the JOth June, 1321, were always so paid. Hence, it appears, that, not only were no undue ad vantages intended to he granted to the bank by the arrangement, but that, supposing the payment of the debt now due by it to be secured with interest, as believed to he the case, the hank has actually enjoyed ho advantages under the arrangement for which it will not have rendered an equivalent. it is true, this hank has failed. Hut it appears, by a document produced and relied upon iiy Mr. JLdwards, that, after a thorough cxauiinr.ti,.u, by order of the Missouri l egislature, that its failure is not attributable to any act of dishonesty on the part of the Directors, but to that cause only, which has produced a general suspension in the Western Country;* and that, “with a reasonable indulgence, it will be enabled to redeem its notes, and pay all its debts.” The sutn due i>y it to the Tic-usury, is already in a course of payment, and its ultimate discharge, with interest, is deemed, by persons who are well acquainted w ith the security, to be well secured. iiie correspondence which JH to iho reception of t:.« rue jrre- note,, which Mr. Edwards has , ;,a: iod tlie.de. rotary with h iving improperly re cjvjp'T frqpi ibo'Rtpfr >; .Miss , ii, commenced with jrclrth'r • i R. si ! u ot rhe Bank, of the 9th vugu t. 1319. tl< • i> .. pmposed, among other transfers, to transfci, - >. »* such paper of North and South Caroline, .i igia as was autho rized to be received : §10,090 in notor of the Bank of Virginia, $103,090 in notes of the Bank of Ken tucky and its branches; $15,000 in notes of the Bank of Vincennes; and $70,000 in notes of the Banks of Tennessee, such as was authorized to be received, and §25,000 in such Ohio notes ,\s were authorized to be received ; ?.!1 of which were then tn bank. It is to bt observed, that the letter in which this proposition was made, is the same letter which con tains the acceptance, by the bank, of the arrange ment, under which it was, for the fjrst time, to be responsible in rash for all the public money which it might receive. If, then, it can he shown, that these notes had been previously received on account of the Treasury, and were at that time on hand, the agreement of the Secretary to receive the wnole, or any portion of them, so far from being a subject of Oiaine, was an obligation of duty. It i s, also, to be observed, that all the notes which the bank, here proposed to transfer, were not ac tually transferred. Before the Secretary’s answer was received, the bank had, on its own account, o therwise. disposed of a great portion of them ; and there were finally transferred the following : Of the Bank of Tennessee and branches, 40,156 Nashville Bank and branches, 29,844 State Bank of N. Carolina, 42,000 Certain District notes, viz. Mechanics’ Bank of Alexandria, 090 Franklin Bank, 235 Certain Ohio notes, viz. Fanners’ & Mechanics’ Bank of Cincinnati, ^ 11,815 Miami Exporting Company, 8,661 Bank of Cincinnati, 3,84G Bank of Muikinghoin, 291 Farmers’, Mechanics’ ic Manufac turers’ Bank of Chiiliccithc, 350 Bank of Marietta, .j Bunk of Steubenville, 7 Making together, $138,179 The Kentucky hank notes mentioned in the 5c , rotary's letter of the 2d of March, 1820, were not transferred, having been otherwise disposed of by the bank. Nor were the Georgetown bank notes, mentioned in the same letter, then trun .ferred ; and »t is only wrthin a lew days, that the Treasurer li;t3 received from the agent of the Missouri Bank an order for transferring them. Trial the notes thus received from the hank, had teen properly taken by the Receiver, will appfar from trie instructions given to those officers bv the Jc. tf •- pics of which are herewith transmitted; ;iti t t. -r the time those instructions were given they V. ere oiisilen d, by the Secretary, as the notes 3 bn- k ’ v ,rh discharged their notes in specie,on ,i, , consequently, notes which by the rc. t .,1 C'ongrc s of the 30th of April, 1816, iCi... , ;ti. cd to be received in payments to the Coiled St«tc3, is manifest, from the terms of the same instruction, in which the Receivers are po sitively interdicted from taking the notes of any bank which dow* not discharge its notes on demand in specie. That th.^c notes were received by the hank from the Receivers, during the first arrangement with the Treasury, and consequently previous to it? engage ment to account as cash, and that at the time they v-’ere offered to the Secretary, thry were actually in the possegsion of the hank, is established by evidence adduced by Mr. Edwards himself. This evidence is statement K,* prepared at the Bank of Missouri, and laid before the Missouri Legislature by a com mittee which was appointed to examine the report of the bank, and which committee represents its If, to have had before it, and carefully examined, the *Set Add re tv. books, notes, and such other paper; of the batik, at. were necessaiy. The statement is “Of moneys on hand, September C, lb 19, received of the several ltcceiveis of Public Moneys, being such as they were authorized to receive by the Honorable Witt. II. Crawford, Secretary of the Treasury.* It pur suits t<* have been taken from a register kept by the Cashier of the liauk, from the Utii August, lb lb, to the bill September,lb 19: which period includes only twenty-seven duys not embraced by the firstarrangc tneut under which the bank was accountable only in kind, By this statement, it uppears that the bank had then on hand notes, taken from Receivers, of a description not receivable by it on general deposite as cash amounting to $.*>G9,(KM ; of which $238,757, were of the kinds transferred by it to the Treasury. Heure, it appears that, instead of the Secretary's having received of the hank uiicucrent notes which lie was not bound to receive, the bank not only took upon itself the conversion into cash of other notes, to a large amount, which it had a right to pay over to the Treasury in kind : but that of the very descrip tion of notes which Mr. Edwards has censured the Secretary for having received, the bank bad actual ly a right to require that lie should receive more than double the amount of what lie did receive. It would be a great mistake, however, to suppose that the notes which were received by the Rank of Missouri were the notes of insolvent banks. Those of the Rank of Tennessee and its branches, were immediately placed to the credit of the Treasurer as cash ; those of the Nashville Rank and its branches, iind of the North Carolina Raul:, have long since been paid ; those of the Mechanics' Rank of Alexan dria, Batik of Maiietta, and Batik of Steubenville, were cashed by the banks to which they were trans ferred ; of those of the Miami Exporting Company, ■$•>,220 7G have recently been collected. Thus, of the whole amount transferred, there remains unpaid only about $22,000, and of this sum, it is belie veil, the greater part will be ultimately paid. Considering the state of the currency in the west during the time, and the large amount received by this bank, which was about $1,161,000, it is doubt ful whether any individual transactions of etpial extent, though attended to with great care, would have been followed by less ultimate loss. That the charge of having favored this bank, at the sacrifice of the public interest, is without founda tion, must be evident from the facts which have been here exhibited. That the bank docs not consider itself as having been favored by the Ttcasury, is proved by the tact that a claim has been preferred by the bunk for un allowance, upon the ground that the services which it has rendered to the Treasury, have not been sufficiently compensated. And it is a remarkable coincidence of circumstances, that, at the very time that a charge is preferred by Mr. Ed wards against the Secretary, for having done too much for that bank, the agent of the bank is at Washington, petitioning Congress, because the Se cretary had done too little. The transactions with the Bank of Missouri, be ing thus explained, the only other acts, included in the charge against the Secretary, of having received uncurrent funds, in payment from Banks, are the receipt of $15,000, in notes of the State Bank of North Carolina, and $18,502, in the notes of the Bank of Kentucky ; the former from the Tombeck he Bank, and the latter front the Bank of Edwards ville. Although, hy a rigid construction of the arrange ment, by which these Banks agreed to account for the public deposites, received !>v them, ns cash, the whole amount might, perhaps, have been demand ed ot them in specie, or United States’ Bank notes ; yi'f, such was never the intention of the parties — The term “cash ' was used, in opposition to that of “ special depositc,” and was not meant to render the Banks liable for the payment of specie, for notes, which they might receive, on behalf of the Treasu ry, and which might cease to be convertible into specc. Such a construction is opposed by the Tow bcckbc Batik, in it« letter of the 13tli of Aug. 1819, [sec. M. No. A, [GO,] although the President of that institution expresses its willingness to leave the con struction to the “justice and liberal policy” of the Department; It is more emphatically disclaimed, however, by the Bank of Edwardsville, in its letter to the Secietavy, of the loth of April, 1820, [see G. Xo. 3, [GG.l and in his letter to Mr. Edwards, of 'he 6th of Jan. 1820, [sec A. No. ‘2, [119,J hereto fore referred to. In that letter, the Bank main tains that “It is not supposed that any construction “ oi the conditions, upon which the deposites were “ received, can render the Bank the guarantee of •* inose minks, because it would he contrary to eve “ ry principle ol reason, to suppose that the paper of “ other Hanks, who have, <ir in ay, suspend specie ” payments, shaK, by the mere art ofdepnsite, in this Institution, by the Receivers, be converted into •■specie, or its equivalent, and this Bunk held ac countable for it as such. We are persuaded this “ never was the intention of the Secretary of the •• Treasury, nor can be inferred, from the conditions “ upon which the deposites are made.” This letter, as it was written by the President of the Hank, to one of its Directors, whom it had constituted an A Scnt for negotiating a modification of its arrange ment with the Treasury, may be naturally supposed to contain its real views. And, although Mr. Ed wards now denies the construction contended for, by the Bar..;, yet, from the terms in which he communi cat'd the letter to the Secretary, it is presumed that he then gave it his assent. Hut, although this construction could not be for mally acknowledged by the Secretary, without lead ing to the evil v. Inch the terms of these arrangements were partly intended to prevent, that of “special deposites,” yet, it was always his intention, when ever the case presented itself, to admit such an in terpretation of the contracts, as might be equitable, and not injurious to the public interest. The letter of the Totnbeckbe Ha of the 3:1 of Align t. IfJlfi, stating that there were then on hand, in that insti tution, $13,000, in N. Carolina notes, which had been received, on deposife, for the Treasurer, and which it had not yet been able to exchange, alfho’ no care had been spared in effecting-that object, “since some difficulties were understood to affect the Bank,” presented a case of this kind. At that lime, the State Hank of North Carolina had not stepped payment, although it did so before the Secretary’s answer was communicated to the Tombcckbe Bank. 1 lie Secretary, having called upon the State Hank to disclose the means of paying such of its notes as had been received, on account of the Treasury ; and having been informed by tlm Hank, that it did pos sess the means, and would speedily apply them to that object, consented that these notes should be tranfrrrcd, from flic credit of the Treasurer, in the Tombeckbc Bank, to the credit of the Treasurer, in the State Rank ol North Carolina ; and, hv that Hank, they were afterwards paid, as were all the o ther claims, of every kind, which the Treasury had upon it. The case of the EcUv.ardsville Hank, added to the equitable considerations which were presented in that of the 1 ombcckbc Bank, were considerations of policy. The communication of the hon. R. M. John son, made on behalf of the Bank, and referred to in the Secretary’s letter of the 2d February, 1021, [see <1. No. ft, [60,} which communication was made with the concurrence of Mr. Edwards, stated that the Bank hari on hand upwards of $20,000, in note* of the Bank of Kentucky, which had been received on account of the Treasurer before the suspension of specie payments by she Bank. This representa tion being corroborated by an examination of the Hank statements and certificates, appears hv the Secretary’s report to the House, of the 27th April, l(>22; arid there being then some reason to appre hend a want of punctuality or of good faith on the pait of the Bank of Edwards, illc, the Secretary erm scntciT that these notes should tie transferred at the risk of the Bank, from the eredit of the Treasurer, m that Bank, to the credit of the Treasurer, in the Bank of Kentucky. In doing so, the Secretary con sidered himself not only satisfying the demands of • qiuty, hut promoting the public interest; inas much a« the Bank of Kentucky, though it had sus pended the payment of specie, was known to hr sol vent. Although the notes, thus transferred, have not yet hern paid, the most positive and formal as surance his been given, that the debt is perfectly safe, ami will most certainly b« repaid at no ve ' remote period. 3 Mr. Edwards has offered an extract from the Se cretarv s letterrof the 1 Uh of Derembc,. li;U!.,o „,c I resident of the Hamers’ and Merchant,’ Bonk of Huntsville, as proving that the Secretary’s conduct ^reiving thru- notes, is at variance with his own interpretation of the obligation* of the banks in that resjv-r. But, referring to :hc letter itself, it v.ilj uc ibutul ti nt, in picsctiling the extract, arv impor tant omission inis Inc it inuilo, by which the Secreta ry's Opinion on the point is wholly misrepresented. As quoted hy Mr. Edwards, the passage is in these words :—“ In making the IMantora’ and Merchants' | Bank of Huntsville a place of deposite, at its parti cular solicitation, it wus expected that the transfer of funds which it undertook to make, would be ef fected in funds that circulated at par, at the place where the transfer was directed. As the Receiver hud been directed to receive the hills of no buuks which did not discharge them in specie, on demand, it was expected that the bank would bo answerable for the amount deposited, in specie,or in hills which would be received as specie, at the place to which the money should he directed to be transferred, un less it should statu the contrary.” u But,” as con tinues the Secretary, (and this is the part omitted by Mr. Edwards,) “as no explanation of this na ture has been made or sought on cither side, this re quisition will not be rigorously required.” There is, however, no question concerning this bunk, as no uncurrent notes were ever received from it. The charge of having received uncurrent notes from the Banks of Missouri, Edwardsville, & Tom hockbe, contrary to the agreement with those banks, and contrary to law, being thus answ’cied, there re mains, in connection with this branch of Mr. Ed wards's accusation against the Secretary, only that of having, in his report to Congress, misstated the amonut so received. Upon a thorough examination however, it is asserted, that all the"notes received from those banks, for which the Treasurer did nut receive a cash credit in the banks to which they were transferred, were specified in the report made by the Secretary on the subject, will. - exception of ,$28.>, in notes of the Franklin Bank of Alexan dria, which formed part of the funds received from the Bank of Missouri, agreeably to his letter of the 20th March, 1820, but which, in his report of the 14th February, 1822, were accidentally omitted t<. he mentioned. That there was no intentional con cealment on this subject, is evident, fpini the man lier in which the Secretary complied with that part of the resolution which referred to it.—By tilt* reso lution, he was required to state, whether anv tincur rent or depreciated paper had been received horn certain banks, which the government was not bound to receive.—As the Secretary was of opinion, that all the paper of that description which he had re ceived from those banks, was paper that he was hound to receive, he might, without blame,have an swered, that none such as were alluded to in the re solution had been received.—Desirous, however, to put the House ill possession of all the facts, he sta ted what uncurrcnt paper had been received-, an ! why it had been received ; and he included in th statement, paper to the amount of several thousand dollars, which, at the time he made his deposite, had actually been paid in rash. Under these circum stances, it might have been reasonably supposed, that this trivial omission was, as was truly the case, wholly incidental, and unintentional. I'he charge ol withholding letters and information called for hy the House, rests upon no better foun dation. This, however, may have originated in part, in the want of attention to the true import ofthc re solution under which these letters and information were called for. The resolution of the House, of the 9th Jan. 1822, as printed, reunited “ a statement I shewing in what hanks the moneys received from the sale ot the public lands have been deposited, since the 1st of January, 1C1C; the contracts under which the said deposites liavo been made ; the cor respondence between them and the Treasury De partment relative thereto,” &c. Scc.bic. It has been doubted whether, according to the proper rules of construction, the correspondence here called for, re lated to any tiling more than the contracts. It is be lieved, however, that this doubt gives place to cer tainty upon an inspection of the resolution, as trans mitted to the Secretary by the Clerk of the House, between which, and the resolution as printed, there is a remarkable dilfcrcncc in the punctuation. That which appears in the latter as the first member of a sentence, terminating with a semicolon, is, in the o riginal, (see annexed No. -11, which is herewith transmitted,) a complete sentence ending with a pe riod. By this difference, the words “relative there to,” are made applicable exclusively to the contracts —and, of course, the correspondence required by the resolution, is the correspondence between those banks and the Treasury, relative to the contracts under which the moneys received from the stiles of public lands since the 1st of January, 1818, have been deposited. It will be seen, however, that, in the collection of the correspondence, it was not confined to that object; but, that, in addition to every thing which related thereto, there was communicated so much ul the other correspondence with the banks referred to, as would enable the House to form a just opinion of the whole subject, not only of the arrngements with these bnirks in this particular, but of the relation ship subsisting between them and the Treasury. [To be conclutd on Tuesday.] From the .National Gazette, J)Iay 15. Timothy Pickeri.vg, Esq. has issued at Pa lem, a pamphlet entitled “A Review of the Corres pondence between the Hon. J. Adams, ami the late W illiam Cunningham, Esq.” We regret that Mr. Pickering should have thought it necessary or ex pedient to handle at all, a publication marked by a degree and kind of treachery, so flagitious & mean, that even the bitterest and lowest of the- political enemies of Mr. Adams and his son had censed to use it as a text, in submission to the general moral sentiment of the country. The following extracts sye parts of Mr. Pickering's Preface :— “ lit pet forming the ta-k which Mr. Adams ha; imposed upon me, T diaii be obliged to take a pretty t stensive view of his character, and picscnt some features in the characters of others whom lie has introduced into his letters. In these he has been pleased to give me a conspicuous place; making mo a standing theme of reproach. But although so many oi his shafts have been levelled at me from his full quiver, lie has shot litany at others; especially at one who, by way of eminence, may justly he styled The Federalist.” “ For myself, I determined on a formal vindica tion : aware,at the same time, of the labor it would I cost me in looking for and examining numerous do cuments, written and printed, of many years’s tand ing. Accusations, which a page would comprise, might require a volume to refute. But Mr. Adam’s calumnies arc spread over many pages, and will bring into vicyv a variety of topics for reflection.” “ By many perrons, forgetting the latter years of his File, and thinking only of his revolutionary ser vices, Mr. Adams it hailed as “great and good,” and is now familiarly designated by the flaiterin" title of “ venerable sage of Quincy.” I am as rea dy a? any man to acknowledge—I have, not long since, before'a very numerous assembly, ncknowl cdgt d—-Mr. Adams’ merit, in contributing largely to the vindication of the rights of the Colonics, a nd in effecting the independence of the United States • it was an act of justice, which 1 feel no disposition lo retract. But “great nten arc not always wise and Mime, after good many deeds, commit mcxru «tb|e faults; anti, whether these injnrinu-ly affect one’s country, or individual citizens, they oo-dit to be exposed, for the public welfare in one rase, and the other, to rescue individuals from the effects of undeserved reproach.” “Ol Mr. Jefferson I should have said nothin" be yond what appeared in Mr. Adams’own writing-! and that, merely to contrast his different represen- ! I tat ions, to show their inconsistency, and that his course of conduct was directed exclusively by bis view-, of existing interests of himself and family. But Mr. Jefferson’s letter to Mr. Adatns, of Ort. i * 1B2.1, publi-hcd in the Boston Patriot in December! and thcncc introduced into other papers to be spread through the Union (for every letter from the p. n r.f these two gentlemen is eageily circulated in the public prints.) appeared to me calculated to lead the readers into a misconception of their charac ters, and of the relations In which they stand to v. rds each other. That letter, therefore, with ii j connexions, will demand some notice.” “Of all the fiersons vilified anti slandered by Mr. Adams, Mr. Jefferson is the only one to whom he ap pears to have been solicitous to mqic reparation.” “As far ns present circumstances require, I will examine it; aftrl make an essay to do justice to the parties whose names Mr. Adams hifs'introdiircd, on si made the subjects of his reproaches or of his praise.” “ A just tlefcnce of myself and o:bcrs,the subjects of Mr. Adams*? bitter calumnies, compels me to ex po;* his numerous aberration?, and to state some i necessary truth*. Truth is the soul of history. To ascertain some tacts, my testimony wijll depend on the estimate formed of my character by my contem poraries. On that looting I am willing it should rest.” We should think that Mr. Pickering is not abso lutely cor.ret when he observes that.tfr.Adains “im posed upon him” the task of answering the contents of the correspondence. The opinions of Mr. A. were extracted fiorn him with diabolical art ami ns the sequel proves, with a malice prepense winch mer its the same epithet: they were communicated in the most sacred confidence, with injunctions of sccrccy on one side and promises on the other the most so lemn that could he given—the disclosure of them when wickedly threatened was deprecated in the most earnest manner—they were finally produced to the world against the known will and to the deep regret of the writer. Ilencc, though Mr. Pickering might think and say that the chcuinstnnce of their being extant entitled or required him to defend his own character and con duct as fin ns these were availed, yet he could not fairly consider Mr. Adams as having publicly ar raigned him or justly incurred that severe, unspar ing, public retaliation which constitutes a main part ol his “ Review.” Mr. Jefferson made a generous allowance for the weakness, upon which a most crafty and odious imposition had been piactised.— His leucr to Mr. Adams, to which Mr. Pickering re fers, is a lesson of magnanimity and sell-respect. It is unl'oituuaie for the Atneiicau character, that those who contributed to emancipate the country and found the Republic,should he iuvolvcd in con troveisics with each other, in which their infirmi ties ate manifested so much to the common disad vantage. From the Frankf ort, Kentucky, Argus. Washinhton City, April 24, 1024. Gentlemen—1 avail myself of a private con veyance atlbrrfed by the politeness of Col. C. S. Todd, to give you a sketch of the occurrences of the day ; w hich may perhaps reach you in anticipation of the mail. Herewith you will re ceive tiles of the Washington papers, by which you will perceive that both Congress and the public are in a ferment, produced by one of the most singular events in the history of our gov ernment—the expose of Mr. Minion Edwards, Minister to Mexico. This transaction is per fectly unique in its character. As you will find all the official documents, reports and proceed ings in the newspapers, it will be unnecessary for me. to give you a recapitulation of the cir cumstances. Prompt measures have been ta ken both by the President and the Committee of the House of Representatives, to recall Mr. Edwards. Immediately after his memorial was presented, the President directed a letter to be written to him, countermanding his order to proceed to Mexico. Simultaneously with these prucuuumgs oi uic executive, uie committee ol the House despatched the Scrgeaut at Arms, in pursuit of Mr. Edwards, with directions to serve the process upon him, and to summon him back forthwith for the purpose of undergoing an ex amination in justification of the charges prefer red against the Secretary' of the Treasury. The messenger left town yesterday. He is* to des cend the Ohio with ail possible expedition, and to proceed to New Orleans, should he not soon er overtake the Minister. As Ihe vessel which was to bear him to Mexico is still lying in the Potornac, both the letter of the Secretary of State and the Sergeant at Arms will doubtless reach him before he will have time to embark, and he will probably return to Washington in a few weeks. In the mean time, the commit tee will proceed with the investigation, for which, both parties express great anxiety ; the friends of Mr. Edwards being confident that he will he able to substantiate all or a majority of the char ges against Mr. Crawford, and the friends of the latter expressing equal confidence that he will bo honorably acquitted. It is indeed a high quarrel, peculiarly interesting from its novelty, and which may become important in its results, lending either to the revocation of the appoint mentof the Minister, orto the dismission ofamem berof the Cabinet. I will notaoticipate the issue. The ability and character of the committee, furnish an ample guarantee, that the inquiry will he conducted upon high and independent principles, and icitfi perfect firmness and impar tiality. As the investigation may have a bear . ing upon the Presidency, and as the decision of ! important question is now rapidly approach ing, it seems to be the determination of some of the members of Congress, to complete the inqui ry at the present session, even should it occupy thorn till mid-summer. But I hope it will not he permitted to interrupt other business of great importance to the country which ought to he acted on at this session. For one i shall cer tainly vote for the day of adjournment fixed on b v the committee to which that subject has been referred, which I understand will be the 17th of May. Whether the inquiry shall be completed or not, it will become a fruitful source of dis cussion for the remainder of the Presidential campaign. !“>{> much tor tins extraordinary occurrence, which is almost the only topic of conversation] and completely engrosses public attention here.’ You will see by tbc papers, that the important bill authorising an appropriation for making sur veys of routes for Roads and Canals, passed the Senate yesterday by a majority of four,and if i the President shall not conjure up another vol ! nine of conscientious scruples, and I dout believe lie will, it will non become a law, and the great system of internal improvements will be imme diately commenced, not as has been gravc/y pro posed in the sUdeof Kentucky, which hct3 no mo ney to do it with, but by the nation. There is a fair prospect, that the bill amend ing the Tariff of duties will pass the Senate_ Should the Senator from Illinois arrivein season, it will certainly pass; otherwise it will depend on the vote of one member, who is doubtful, or on the casting vote of the Vice President. You will perceive that the vote was very close. Mr. Clay was the atlas aided by Mr. Tod, kc. who carried the bill through theilouscof Represen tatives. In regard to the Presidency, I cannot give you any new views, or predict the result, with any degcce of certainty. Much depends on the vote of the great state of New York, which has become proverbial for its fickleness in politic* From all I can learn tbc situation of affairs in that state, is most extraordinary. By the rejec tion of the law proposing to give tbc choice of electors of i resident and Vice President to the people, by general ticket, the election will do volve upon the Legislature, the members of winch are represented as being odious to tbc people, and as not speaking their sentiments. It is said, not one man in ten in New York is for Mr. Crawford for President, and yet it i possible, although I think improbable, Hat by tbc aid of intrigue the votes of that state mav be given to him. There cannot he a doubt ‘that Mr. Adams, Mr. Clay, or Oen. Jackson has more strength among the people of that’ state than Mr. Crawford. The nomination of Mr.l oung for Oovcmnr, who was an advocate for Mr. (day’s election for President, but 1ms consented to accept a nomination from a le„jV latiye ranensj has pro need new confusion in ! tlmpoh^; of that state; and the late removal! of Dewit Clinton from the offiee of Canal com * mmioncr, although l,c had served then, most faithfully, because he would not unite with i them in their presidential views, has thrown i the people into stormy ferment, which will bably produce a new modification of parti, , On tlie whole I cannot believe the vot, s N ow York will be given to Mr. Crawford' V,f if they should be, it only brings him into House Representatives, w he re I do not Mi "r he can possibly succeed. Should Mr. < 1 ,v * reach the House, no one doubts his rleetirni ! If excluded, it is I repeat, mv decided opin’* ion, that Mr. Cranford will not be elected. I have thus iu obedience to yuur request, given you iny views in relatiou to this important subject. Those acquainted with me, will give them all the weight they are entitled to. 1 he Bill to extend the Cumberland road, the Bill to abolish imprisonment for debt which is prospective in its operation and well guarded, the Bill to clear out the Ohio river, Mr. Tal bot’s Bill to increase the number of the Judges of the Supreme Court, and to require the concur rence oi two thirds of all the members of the court to vacate a state law, the Remonstrance of the Ivcnlitcky Legislature which Mr. Charles A. AVickliUe gave notice that he would call up on Wednesday uext, have all been kept back by the Tariff Bill and the spirit of speech making which nothing but pub lic sentiment cun correct. The committee raised upon the petition of the Trustees of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, will report in favor of granting them aid. * If a want ot time this session prevents the House from acting on the subject, 1 shall feel il my duty to press it at the next session of Cotigress. T. P. MOORE. WILLIAM NEALE & Co. TAKE tin-, method of informing the public, that by the Exit from N. York, now discharging, they have received, in addition to their former sup ply, a large accession to their assortment—among the above, which are now opening. Arc the following beautiful FANCY GOODS, V' bite and black Gros de Naples, new patterns, Groade Naple robes, l*ink, white, blue und black crape Lois's, Pink, blue, white, straw, lemon, ainl orange pressed crapes, Holies of uncommon and beautiful style. Colored muslins and calicoes of new und tasty fashi ons, All kinds and various colors of plain silks, 100 pieces black and coloured Canton crapes, Black and coloured Nankin and .Vadrin crapes, 100 crape shawls, various sizes, 100 crapu robes, extremely loir, Real Paris made long and short kid and horse skin gloves. ALSO, Thread liniscry, for gentlemen and ladies, An additional supply 4-4 furniture dimity, still lower, Feather fans, A complete supply of cverjrsuitable article for boy’s clothing, Every fashionable article for gentlemens’ wear, 1 case Leghorn hats for gentlemen—and expect by first arrival, a large additional supply of vari ous fashionable and useful goods. may 21, tsSl UMBRELLAS Sc PARASOLS. A I.ARGE .assortment of each of tho above now opening, fresh, by the Exit, at much lower than previous prices, by Wm. NEALE Sc Co. ™*y 21. __ ts34 DOMESTICS. A LARGE assortment of 3-4, 4-1, 5-4 and 6-4 brown and bleached, now opening and for sale, very cheap, by Wat. NEALE & Co. may 21. ts34 JUST RECEIVED, the Lender, Tobacco Plant and Virginia, from New-York, and for sale at •MO. 3, EAGLE ROW, At wholesale or retail, a large and excellent assort ment or BOOTS & SHOES, Of all kinds and qualities; consisting of Gentlemen’s first rate morocco and calf skin hoots, Ho. cheap seal skin do. I)o. morocco, call and »eal skin shoes Si pumps, Ladies’ moro. Denmark satin, and prunella slippers, Do. fine seal skin do. Childrens’ morocco and leather shoes and boots. The above are chiefly manufactured by ihe pro prietor, particularly for retailing, are suited to the approaching season, and will be disposed of on the most reasonable terms,-fo. cash. Also,constantly on hand, a good supply ofleathcr, seal skin and hair Trunks, Pocket-Books, and Emer son's celebrated Razor Straps. SAMUEL PUTNEY, Agent. April 30. 4w2B COLTON & CLAKKE^ HA\ E recently received considerable additions to their Stock of DRY GOODS; compri sing a general assortment of staple articles, mostly. Tnty bare oho on hand, Tanner’s Oil, prime Pork, Sole, waxed and russet Leather, Call, kip, seal and morocco Skins, Shoe. Thread, All the different kinds of writing Paper of Ames* manufacture, Medium printing Paper, Sic. Sic. ow consh;\>j i;n r, 5 bales New Ipswich Sheetings, 2 half pipes Madeira Wine, Old Spanish Segnrs, and Valencia floor Mats, &c. April 23._fw26 NEW CONTEOTIOKARY. THE subscriber rospec fully informs the citi zens of Richmond and its vicinity, and the public gencrrlly, that lie has this day opened a Confectionary Store, in the house three doors below flic Bell Tavern, next to Messrs. Colton & Clarke’s dry good store, where be intends keeping all kinds of CONFECTION A R Y ; to gether with many sorts of FRUITS—also MIN ERAL WATERS. Flic subscriber will tisc his best endeavors to give satisfaction, and respectfully solicits a share of public patronage. THOMAS BOUDAR. ^mnj 12. 4P2 - P^PER AMES' MANUFACTURE. P»nn RKAMS LETTER paper, 200 do. Cap do. 100 do. Pot do. . JO do. Folio Post do. 7.1 do. Medium do. 100 do. Super Royal Printing do. For Sale by . COLTON & CLARKE, Agent* for the Manufacturer*, W ho tv ill contract to furnish quantities of the dif ferent kinds of paper, a3 wanted, on liberal terms. _ATay 7. _ _ 4,HO NOTE. THIS Department hns received intelligence from Mr. Robot K. Lowry, Consul of the F nite.l States at La Gunyrn, under date of the Utli instant, of the death at Caracas about tire ICtli of the preceding month, March, of Mr. J. O. Tomp kins of Richmond, Virginia ; and an Inventory of the Personal Effects belonging to the deceased was at the same tunc received from Mr. Lowry, and is now on file in this office. This notice is given, for the friends and representatives of the deceased. Department <f Slate, JO-'A, Apr!, 1024. Stc2 HUNKY HIBSON A\r ILL in future attend the Ksqerior and tuft.- • ▼ T »inr Courts of Cumberland rouMy, in ad.li- j tion to the Court* bold in this city. Hitt office is! immediately oyer tlic store of .Messrs, (ico. Dvb ili feCo- ' _ f NOTICE. \( OAiPL TEN I workman in tbo House ( ur- j pe.nt’.ri Oiut .Joiners lii'sinejx, is Jcsirous of . .■ting employed- -im would prefer the upper country. ; r* ' part: dm-, t n mire n‘ tfii» *»r>'.• r. April l b. 1 EXCHANGE & READING ROOM. A T the request of innny of the most respectable ,l“,tth1iantii of this city* the subscriber bus been induced to open au Exchange and Reading Room, for the accommodation and convenience of the mcr* elmnts and citizens generally. Tuc room now oc cupied by the subscriber and the adjoining one, will be opened lor that purpose. The principal newspa pers and puces current in the United Stales, and the most approved periodical reviews and magazine* m this country and Euiope will be furnished. Strangers are respectfully invited to visit the Ex change. The annual subscription to the Exchange will be five dollars, payable in advance. Persons wishing to subscribe, will be pleased to call at the subscri beis office. Due notice will be given of the open ing of the Exchange. 1 The subscriber will sell public stocks of every 'description at auction or privately. , CARTER B. PAGE. Richmond, 18th May. t*33 NOTICE. " PURSUANT to the provisions Of a Deed of Trust, execute^ to the subscriber, by John C. Montague, on the ‘M clay of March, 1C23, recorded in the office of King Queen County Court* f shall oiler for sale, at public auction, to the highest bidder, for cash, at the front door of the Eagle !Io tel. iu the City of Richmond, on Saturday Isili of June next, at 4 o'clock, P. M. all the said Mon tague s right Sc interest in & to a Tract or Land ly V'g»«d in King& Queen County, containing 1 JO Acres, more or less, adjoining the lauds of Tims. Faulkner, dec., and being the part of the estate of Capt. Benjamin Faulkner, dec. which iu the divi sion thereof was allotted tn his daughter Elizabeth, afterwards the wife of said Montague, who was en titled to the same as tenant by the courtesy. This is a desirable little farm, aud Mr. Montague is a acuity young man, not exceeding thirty years of ugc. Such title only will be conveyed as is vested in the trustee by die Deed aforesaid. The sate will be conducted by Messrs. D. Judah & Co. HERBERT A. CLAIBORNE, Trustee. Richmond, May 21, 1824.—tds. DRAFTS. ~ ON BOSTON, PROVIDENCE, N EW-YORK, PHILADELPHIA, BALTIMORE, WASHINGTON CITY, CHARLESTON, S.C. & SAVANNAH. Geo. For sale, in sums to suit purchasers, and at ar.v sight, by J S. & M. AT T TTV A- /-o' PTTlHE Notes of Banks of Georgia, South CaroR **a, North Carolina, and all other unebrrent Bank Notes, which will he taken on liberal terms. . „ ^ S. fc »1. ALLEN & CO: April 30. | OCKS.t—On the Ilth April, 1824,taken by the subscriber, from Caleb Thomas’ boat (head* man Timothy) one bag of corn, about 3 bushels. On the 12th, from Terimlc Bed’s bout (headman Peter) 2$ bushels of meal, and about 200Ib!s. loose tobacco. The 20th, from Nathaniel Goolsby’s boat (head man Janies) 2 bushels of corn, and about lOOlbs. ol loose tobacco. 23d, from John Johnson’s boat (headman Mat.) 150!bs. of loose tobacco. From Richard Johnson’s boat (headman Billy) about 2001b$. of loose tobacco. On the 29th April, I took from on board of .Cris topher Estes boat (bead-man Ned,^ one hundicil pounds tobacco. 1 he ubo\c articles will be disposed of as the law directs. ISHAM RANDOLPH, T.ock Km per «SL- Imp. of boats at JVestham. April 30. w6w28 At Rules held in the clerk's office of the Court ot the United States, for the Fifth Circuit and Virginia District, the fifth day of April, 1824. Malcoin Jaineison and Isabella his wife, Plljfs. against Robert Gordon, and Janetta Gordon, P.obert Gor don, Isahellu Gordon, James Gmdon, Eleanor Gordon, Katharine Gordon, Mary Gordon, Lilly Gordon, and William Gordon, heirs of Janet Gor don, the seven last named of whom arc infants un dcr the age of twenty-one years, and James Cur rie, jun r, David Currie, and Ann Aunstroin?, TUrf/s. IIE defendants, David Currie and Ann Arm strong, not being inhabitants of tiic State, and not having entered their appearance and given secu rity according to a rule of the court—On the motion of the plaintiffs by their counsel, It is ordered: That the said defendants do appear before the said court, at the city of Richmond, on the first day of the next term, and answer .the bill of the plaintiffs ; and that a copy of this Rule be forthwith inserted in some newspaper printed in the city of Richmond, lor two months successively, and posted at the front door of flit* (.apito'i in the said city. A copy,Teste, l<i>. Jtrfries, Clk. April 8 w8w2i j ETN the Court of Chancery of the Suite of Dela [ JL ware, held at New Castle in tiiid for the Cnun ty of New Castle, of the August Trrrii, Anno Duni j ioi 1323, . Thomas Robert;', rs. Janies M. Broom, .Tnroh P. Broom, James Roberts and Sarah his wife, John Roberts, Rachel Ro berts, Asa Moore and Ann his wife, William Lyon, Rachel 13. Lyon, George I,yon, John Lyon, and Jacob 13. Lyon. And now to wit, on this twenty-fourth day of A pril, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, mi motion of Joshua G. Brinekle Lyq. complainant’s Solicitor, and on Affidavits filed,It is ordered by the Chancellor that William Lyon Ra chael 13. Lyon and Ann Moore do appear in this Court and in the above cause, on Thursday, the 12th day of August next ensuing, and the Chan cellor directs that a copy of the foregoing order shall within thirty days be published in the Delaware Gazette published at Wilmington, and the.Consti tutional Whig,published at Richmond, in Virginia, and be continued in such newspapers for the space of three months next after its first publication. JVdo Castle County, ss. I do certify that the nbovl is a true copy of the record thereof.—In tes timony whereof, I have hereunto set my [?.. S.] hand turd affixed the end of the said court, ty, at New Castle, the 3d day of Mav, An no Domini, 1321. DAVID PAYN'TER, Rcp'r •^"’•'1 in Chancery. . Or, WHITE WELL’S LIQUID IMPROVED / OrODKXtBOG. QJS f. bottic of which is warranted to posse*) more than twice the strength and efficacy of the hard kind. This Embrocation is now univer sally acknowledged to be almost infallible in casej of rheumatism, bruises, sprains, cramp, numtms.s-, silliness or weakness of the neck or joints, chilblain , f hopped ha nds, stings of insects, vegetable poison , iruti wounds, and for any external injury, either fir on n or least. This mtfrle is highly recommende f by one of the her: physicians in the U. States, wbosj certificate accompanies each bottle. CAUTION. Ho stjrc and a-:k fm and rcrolve IVhitveWs O p e >, oe, or jnu « > tisscrcuj, be imposed upon. ai.so Mat j?r had. Th' Thi. highly fra . .<ir. s cr.« iso, (n.o.-dy composed of roots and aromatic ncr*s) is too well known and highly „„ . inoved throughout the V. States, in cases of heart C "f "n i /r"‘‘fur!}iei r£tommendation. hotel us Huh mono, (f a.) by ... El'STAck k VeNEMARA. * M:~ ?wir