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From the Boston fjutletin. ]
TO THE PUBKiC.—No. V.
Having published the ct’rrospondcnce which pro
vided the di-t>olutiori of my connection with DutF
Green, f will state r lew lacis which occurred soon
u lit r our ogr« < u.t*'.it to such dissolution. About the
ruttld'e o» August, lUJh, lie visited Hoston, fur the
o feasible puru'igeof procuring the means of paying
into jjfouun. «i„ wanted $I6UIK), of which, $50>i0
wore tor njr.solf, ami the remainder lor paying de
mands ugr;,nst the tirm, mid defraying the Ordinary
expenses of the establishment. 1 have heard that
ne %v islif.d to raise this sum upon a mortgage of tlio
eHluhlifhmeiit, and that he represented it to be utiin
cutobif red. I cannot answer for the correctness of
ibie nformation; hut those to whom lie applied for
louifj, can tell whether or not he made such repre
£(•:# ration, not only false, but fraudulent; fur his
c.'.T.ablishinent was then incumbered by a mortgage in
V. ashmgton for $JUOO.
On returning to Washington, lie told me distinctly
lurid explicitly, that lie had obtuijied no inouoy in
li.OSton, but'that he had made arrangements with
.TaiucJs A- Hamilton, Ksg. for obtaining it in New
A ork, and exp*HtcTu to pay me, at the time stipulated,
iU o'JO. Mr. Hamilton can tell whether or not such
urrangemont was made. If not, this representation
was false. I unwillingly introduce the name of this
gentleman, who can have no interest m my affairs
with Dull’ Green; hut it becomes necessary in tlie
course of my narrative. 1 waited till October ‘JO,
vvu days ojier <hu day of pdyinent, without receiving
my $ >(100; and ou that day, sent to him a note, in j
which 1 insisted upon the immediate payment Of the!
irforloy, and stated my anxiety to withdraw my name
lifim the firm', and thereby ovoid any further liability
'i member of it* To this he replied in the follow*-'
log words:
W A'iiCNoroN, 20ih Oct loM. j
r'i/r At tlifc June tiiat otii ccnrrsict for a ms>oliitii>n took place:,
•re both supposed tiiat ( could borrow the funds necessary to
•inulilt: me to pay yon. f.v rills I have mv v mStn’OiNTF.D. I
hate however paid oil" near four thousand dollars of the debts of
!iaj firm and will lie alikf in tl»« course of this week to pay you
ttl££C thousand fixe hundred dollars. 1 am as unwilling as you
'lit be to make additional cnnuacls i» rhe name of tint firm itnd
•"ij prepared to muiotiuce the dissolution as soon as you think
t’luper. You're, I). fJUEEN.
To tins left or I call tin* particular attention of the
refuf-r, xvhn xyill judge of my ns«on>slimoiU on uftcr
v. ariTs hearing that, before lie Wrote it, he hud nh
1 ainud ti loan of $h0f»0 in Boston! I le was tn Heston
Ml August and September preceding the date of this
leltrr. At that time, according to a statement in tin.*
Boston Bulletin, of Sept. 2C,, fliJb, over the signature
of *• Columbus,” he received from Dr. Ingalls the
pritlniscof jJuOOO, a'tid soon after, the money ifself;
:tii(j. as appears by the records of the North Bank in
(h;s city, from which the following certificate oT depo
t.it, xvitli its imlorsoniehts, is ti true copy, this sum
•'vis transmittt;d by Dr. Inghlld to Washington on
the 7t!i of October, and received thereon the I lib;
sud that, tilts certificate, utter being negotiated at
Washington, had been received at New York, on its
'vuy hack to the North Bailie, so early a» tiro IGlli of
October'.
■r'lV:£v,
, ’‘North Ifaiik.Dth Y, 182k. Thiscmiiic' tbht Hoi-mr VVil
Ingalls tuts this day deposited in this Batik live thousand
debars, to the credit of f Jen. Vail Ness of the city of Washinf*
y(U?» aud president of the Bank of the Metropolis, ami subject irt
the order of the sa'td Civ'ti. Vtfti Nc£f.
$a,'t2D- It V/. WHITK, Tiileri
(Back.)
‘JL-ash’r of the North Bank, Boston. Pay the within sum i f
iu-(t thousand dollars to the order of Alex’r Kerr, Cash’r of the
i-ijlak <>l the MetuJpolix JOHN P. VAN NIvS.S. -
rrcinleiit of Bank of Mctrepolh:.;
AVashfngtbn. Ocl. Itib. Iffi'tf. ,
I :ty to tlui order of Hold. White, Estj. Cash’r of.M. Or.
4. _ AbB.Vlt KKlUt, CW.V. ,
1 x'J tfr.bi'ge lldutir, Y7:q- Or
UV'.iKH l WMITi:, Cnh'r .1/
<)c|. li>, tslitk GKOIJGE ilOMI.'K, Cash'r.
'Cliis fs the identical money thut was promised to
ft;la ju September, by Dr. Ingalls. I affirm this to be
the fiict, and so shall confiuuc to affirm, until Dr. In
shall contrlidict it. Moreover, I defy Duf'Grttn
to Contradict it.
, if Dr Inghfls do llut. contradict this Qifinna
tioif, firrd thd records of the North Bank Ire correctly
and honestly /ccjd. then has Duff green set his hand
id a mast wicked and fraudulent falsehood: n false
l:6pd uttered fir the purpose of cheating his late part*
Jifir in bu.sinoTsS; and the proof, “by documents nnddr!
iii^ own hand," jrrorrmed in my first communication
+o}thc public, is complete, and cnnnni he retailed._
1 ito may say that, lie did not receive this sum till nf
ftyr the* date of hiu letter. I will venture to assert,
tltfit the money was tranbSrrcd to hint, upon tire
Books- of the Bank of t>re Metropolis, prior to that
•kiitr. find will defy him to publish the record of this
Bank. Bit even if the receipt of the money by him
■ jipuld appear to br* subsequent, for I have not seen
tlrf5 record, the ftlsrhnnd is still complete; for he re
''csved the pronibe of tic? loan while hero in Septem
lsjr preceding, and was afterwards notified, and be
iyf t!ic transmission of the money to Washington,!
1 k.at the pTomisn would bn r.erfonn“d. He may "’also i
say, that this sum urns applied to the payment of de
mands against the firm, for which I was liable jointly
'yitli himsfelf; whereby T was as much benefitied us
I should have been Ivy the payment directly to myself.
Bit I have sonic reasons for believing that a portion
of the money was applied to the giyment of nis pri
vate debts; and will believe otherwise, when I shall
rfciynn occmlnt of the expenditure from the books of
the Bank of tho Metropolis. But still (he falsehood is
<si5irfp!cJc, f?>r her stated in his letter, that, he bud been
disappointed in his expectation of obtaining funds in
Bast on. Thvfrnudutcnt character of this falsehood is
firm cvtablhhta'h fbr Ig» had stipulated to pry me
£ j.QDO on flic 1 M!i of October, went to Boston e:r
pr&nbj tt borrow money for this purpose, and had '
aJSSwntnl thedebta of the firm, and therefore could;
ubt honer.tly epproptiate one dollar of this money to
ajvj other purposm
Ailer t]Us. 1 leav'* thH pubur* In estimate tin
ifrnu of reliance- which ought to bo placed Upon any!
-taiement by Dnjf Green. Thou honrst man!—’
Tlrou pious chri-ti.in! Thou professor of Religion!_!
Ibd. t thou never, when hanging on thy long sabbath 1
day thee, and kneeling at tfie altar to jr,(n in the)
sacrament of tl»y church, think of this letter of f>c
ri>b'"r 20, 182H? If thou didst, and Indst a t on-j
jene», f!te very devil of <hy owti.crcpd would not!
h.'tvo envied its workings. \
\ Wul mrw a»r».-rgt to «n' tlrer even* tint oc?'tirrcd
C/rltrg I he partnership. In tlin Telegraph rrfoefo
ty’.r 4, I5J28, appeal'll an editorial article, written by
LtutV CJTetin, ot which f knew nothing till I #nw it
’h fh*y«:iper, art sickncsn prcvctifed rnT’ from visiting
f.ffi-o for t full day, aa«l of which tiro followinr* 1a
an <;xtrat:.t,:—
1'• TTfn Sr.vrrA Trir.r,n.Ar!i, 7
, . ■Hatm Jay Kvenirt*. (> i. J, i
Mn A DA ft S and MIS nCLK.lO.N.
111 * ' Hat the lii(plli((fnc/>»1 nf ifn*. iiuon’m^, assert», |
tout whatever are the opinions ol Mr. Adamson point? of faith, I
'..ey nre tme.vccn him and his maker, and no onk was a Ptoirr !
rVtnrtirrz,” n a doctrine amr>cnrmt enough tothose who vtitinnri
a corrupt cralitton fry a multiplication of slanders, fraud and
t urnetiv, tint the American |ieop|e, who b>dieve the G7i.r/.?f/.)n
r r'.tpoi), have n rijht to enquire whether Mr Ariamsbrrc.es
•l, i» doctrfoe We admit that so jealous were our forefathers
i t o in>»oos p«r.Kr,,jion, ami «ti wathchfu) were tfiey of ■
r' i gious and rr.il liigutics, that they chose to confide our rrf>. i
eon. So the Watchful snpcrmtcndemsnf the Almighty, a id the
udeJltij’i'nce of the people. It is therefore true that the T'nuari- '
-fr.is t» of Mr Adams forms no rtr>'.1,htUoTml liarrier to frs ri- va
' -o to the I’residcncy, tmt it is equally true that the people
have as iniieli right to inquire mm his religious as ins political
o, ojons If'he people Ird'cvo tint the fact that Mr. Adam- is
h tJiiitarjan kiTrns an e--cuiro1 otijertion to TiJj re-election 1
' iiave a right tu inquire, ami auo to be informed on that I
t‘ n»
It is 'V Imowjc’!-r that the rrhgjmn opinions (i.r latlmr ti e !
• 'rtlrtpon} of Mr. Adams form a MfOrg objection to him with .
*•:»; religious community, that makes his editors exclaim__1
•*m» one rr as a ninur to tNy.ii'-i. In to Tto.a ”
Shocked mid disgusted by this publication, and rr-1
aOlvcd to exonerate myself from any abarc ,e, (I
immediately published in fftt? Telegraph a n?*e jr, :.;,e j
following -.fords
1 Mfti. Sr Airs Tr i tfcKAi'H. >
Monday Evening, «»t G, 1818.) ;
J iic unduiMgnrd iuli.ims the public that liei.as not partici
; patutl in any discussions, that have appeared in newspapers ur
other publications, concernin'; the religion of either candidate
! for the Presidency; and that lie shall considci himself responsi- 1
: ble tiir nothing which may ap|*.'ar on these'., et, unless it be
! accompanied by bis own name, or by some n. i..rouledgcd si^. |
I nature. KUSSEL.L JARVIS,
i llowovcr needless it may be, in a commHnily so on
lightened us that which 1 immediately address, to
j state the general reasons ot my dissent from this'
scurrilous and impious publication, 1 will endeavor to !
state them briefly, especially as these remarks may!
meet the eyes id some well meaning, yet not very on- !
lightened zealots in different parts of the Union, by :
whom I was requested, in letters uddressed partial-1
' larly to inyscll, to urge the religious tenets of Mr. i
; Adams as an objection against his election. Consi- i
j dering religion as a subject exclusively between each I
! jnau and his Creator, I denied the right of inquiring
i into the peculiar tenets id candidates tor otlice. pio
video they were* not atheists; for I believed that, if
such right ot interference were conceded, tlie spirit
ol the constitution would be violated, mid the way
paved for that most grievous of political iilflictums,
an Union of U/mrt /i. unit Stale, an abomination j
through which the world had been deluged with inno- I
ernt blood. I led ievod that, if objections against the I
religious tenets of candidates were tolerated or on- !
con raged, any dominant sect, might corrupt the con- I
stitution with a reUgifnts test, and thereby prostrate !
the strongest pillar of our liberties; !i>r nli history I
proved that any sect which maintained its own to be ]
trie anti/ true faith, would persecute, whenever arm
ed with political power.
Jlut I had otlier reasons, which had an immediate
reference to Duff Green, and to the particular reli
gious denomination against which this scurrility was
levelled.
) 1 Knew £0!iiiMh*.ng oi Omfoptatt.*; knew that they
I "erc uumeroir.s in Massachusetts, ami increasing
, throughout New England and in some other States;
t knew that for general information, knowledgeol rc
j “gjous subjects, performance of the moral duties, re
I gular uttcinlancc of public worship, and zeal in the
! cause ot public instruction, they might safely dial-j
Jengea comparison with any other sect. I ulsokncw i
• liiat the Unitarian Clergy of Massachusetts were
j justly esteemed by those well acquainted with them I
jand qualified' to judge, lor prolound and accurate!
: kuowiedge (lf ecclesiastical history and biblical criti- •
( cisi.i, for exemplary picly, active benevolence, and I
} ‘Icvotion to tbeir pastoral duties; and that any j
j denomination might he proud <»t them as scholars and
j philanthropists. I also knew Dull* Grom; and while 1
1 l detested his character end despised his ignorance, i
i t Diat I con’d safely say of him. as Cromwell did of,
, t.hc Long Parliament, tllut lie had "no more rtliffion
l i!>ti)x )uy home." The public may judge then who
1 ,hf ,r* as n Np’-1' Englandinan, n native of Masmchu
• setts, and acquainted with Dnfl* Green, I could wil
jlrngly become responsible for Ids profane ribaldry
I against a mnnorons portion of my countrymen, anil
tiitit portion not ihe Iciist respectable.
, 1 l,'I> this ditchhiur at the office for publication, in
>iiC morning, ami in the tilternoon. found in the same
•; P>‘ptT, theiollowing note from Duff Green
< U.v i r iw .cTr.i rt; n -i r?r, t
! ,.n . . . „ Monday Kvi-nm *, \ov. 6, 1823. <
i tic publication oi the above present., a in opportunity for |
i uW uiiilciainiicii to say that the report of a uuartel between ihe 1
f bailors of this paper, as published at bouton, upon the audio
ritv of a letter from V\ ashiugtou, is uut.uc. He avails hiin-ei! i
oi tlic same occasion to say that Hie clitoris] deuartment of the !
i piipei has at all times been subject to his catitrol; and that i
. except during a temporary absence from this city, almost everv I
< rrti.urral article has been frfcm his pen. ” j
i . . LH.t r GKliKN.
’ ..I ^snoleebntomsl vo deliberate misrepresentations.
. I ho find relates to the control of tlie editorial de
1 P:irj niont of the paper. It was not os ho represented
i in this note, as lie woli knew; but as represented in
my first communication lo the public. No othercon
trcml than what I have mentioned, would have been
tolerated. The second misrepresentation relates to the
authorship of the editorial articles. It is not true,
as he says, that nearly all the editorial aiticlcs were
written by him. My contributions to the paper,
from January 2, 1323, when my labors began, to Oc
tober 1, 1823, a few days before the time stipulated
for a dissolution of the partnership, amounted to 147
Hi number, and to 9G columns of printed composition,
at an average of 93 lines of compostion to each article.
Uis contributions, during the same period, amounted
to41oin number, and to 151 columns of composi
tton, at an average of only 52 lines to each article.
I hose of others to the editorial department a counted
to 72 in number, and 32 columns of composition, at
I an average ot 83 lines to each article. The whole of
. my contributions were not editorial articles; for 17 of
them were communications, viz: n s>rrictf of essays
I |jn^*tled ‘ i he Jlnmrirun." In this enumeration, I
j have included every editorial article, though of but
two or three lines in length; and as his greatly exceed
ed mine in number, though of but half of their ave
rage length, the reader will perceive that most of
them must have been short articles. How then
stands the account? The whole contributions to the
editorial department, considering my ! 7 essays equi
valent to editorial matter, amounted'to 279 columns,
ol which lie coni nbiitcil 151 columns, or little more
tnan one half. The whole contributed by him and
myself, amounted to 247 columns, of which he con
tributed 151, or about thrcc-fifrhs. Thus I contribu
toil ono third of tfie whole, and within one fifth of .13
many ns he. IIow great then must have born the
stupidity or the effrontery, that would induce him to
aiy that almost every editorial arfr fe hoil hern from
Ms pen. Dean Swift advises against uttering false
hoods that inoy be detected in half of an hour. I
would advise DufT to read Dean Swift; for as he
wm!o in very plain English, and never used a word
without inquiring of his servant if it were in common
'"’S'11 possibly understand him, and learn to
falsify lo^s awkwardly.
I i will now oner some reasons for not havin'* con
.tributcd even more than uhat is here mentioned._
j in the course of this period I was confined diirimr six
| <JaJ~ ,(1 "iy -and ten to iny chamber, by a severe
i bilious fever. My wife also, in the spring and sum
. rner of the same period, was twice dangerously sick,
and for about a wndi nt caclt timo, of the same fever!
i \ child of two-years old had three long and severe at
1 tacks, two of fever, and one of cholera infantum, un
dci cruft of wh ch, for several days, she was not ex
pected to survive twenty-four hours. Durinr* this
j period, as may well be supposed, I was obliged to
! leave the office for a great portion of the day, and
■ inflictimes for whole days together; and as, by nwtli
j wil advice, I removed my family from the city to a
I distance of several miles in the country, to which,
, under Heaven, T ascribe the recovery of my daimhler,
, I was obliged to devote much lime to daily nntl nc
! ccssary attendance upon them. As they were unu
stnl to a southern rlimate, and dangerously sick of
soul hern diseases, in a very hot. nmfin Washington
unhealthy summer, the reader will .caddy determine
horv far I was justified in pursuin'? a course which
interfered so much wirh my editorial duties.
I submit whether Duff f«men's statement, that 7
hml amtribntrd vrry little in the aid of the nnnrr.be.
not thoroughly rcfiifcd. Twill now explain a few
passages in the cor re pondenco already published,
which may serve to illustrate further the character!
of this ornament tr> civilized society. In my letter to
him. doted July 17th, 1028, T stated that lie was n.
debtor to the firm for about $5000, nnd nt the same
time complained of me for having refused to advance
inds. I will Iwro stale, as connected with this part1
of the subject, that, in n Imotour through New York!
and New England, he assigned my refusal to ndvnnee
funds as his reason for requesting n dissolution._I
5 ins statement is "‘erronpous, ’ an<j comes with an ill
grave from him. The first complaint which he mnib
to me of my not having advanced funds, and the first!
f'lg; ration that I ought to advance them, was made !
in lus letter of July I 7th, 1828, twelve dm,* after },o
h»d sol\c'^d a dissolution. At *J>is very time! too, J,o
-'•ud a debtor to the firm fi>r about S'.OOO, which ho
Itad applied at various times, to the pir/mrnlr.f hi*
e.« i v in; m.nTS, due. perhaps, far *U-m, rattle 1 sub- ,
*• .'miner »i» h'fnrji,, Tim, Jn.
T?e also snys th.it I rcfti2*o<l to give ^BOOO tor on** j
! half of the Telegraph, &c. until 1 received news of
the election in New York in the autumn of 1827,
which was favorable to General Jackson. This
statement is also “erroneous,” but my contradiction
ot it, in my reply of July 17th, 18*C, though true,
| wus founded upon a mistake of the facts, which are
more in my favor than I had supposed. By referring
j to the Telegraph of 1827, 1 find that this election,
! which began on the 5th of November, 1827, was an- '
| nounoed in that paper on the 9th of November, three
ttui/s ft fit r the dole of our contract, \\ liich is the Cth of
I Nov. • ibor, 1827. In iny recollection, at the time of
writing my letter of July 17th, 1828, this event was
confounded with that of the great Jackson meeting
; that was held in the city of New York, on the 2d
November, 1827. and which was published in the
Telegraph of Nov. Glh. 1827. Thus, the leading
terms c t thj contract were agreed upon before this
election.
He also states, in liis letter of July 12th, 1028,
that I refused to sign the contract till the printing for
the Senate was decided in Ins favor. This, too, is
“erroneous,’ and being made tor the purpose of im
peaching my motives, is an “error” of the basest
kind, and perfectly characteristic of Dvf}' Green. I
j admit, thxt the expectation of Congressional patron
I age was a leading inducement to the contract; for it
could r.ot. be supposed that [ would leave an agreeable
situation in Boston, tor the labors and rc. ponsibilities
a large establishment in Washington, and for a
residence among strangers, iu a country very ditler
ent from my .tear aud native New Kngland, without
sonic prospects of pecuniary reimbursement. But I
did not refuse to sign the contract until the printing
ot the Senate was secured. I knew that the ques
tion ot his election was doubtful, and would lie tried
; at the meeting of the Senate in 1827. But notwith
standing the chances against him, for liis vote in the
session preceding was a bare plurality, and not a ma
jority, the contract was made one month before the
meeting of Congress.
1 yc aiso s.iya, tnat butore making this contract, I
j h.iu resolved to establish uiysclt*m Washington. On
, tlur Oth of November, as appears by the date of the
, contract, wc had agreed upon nil the terms, and I was
I to call at his office on the following morning, and
i have them reduced to form. He was° too unwell for
business. I then stated, as I hud on the evening bc
I j.01"0,* *^iat nd vrc had agreed upon all things, and per
i feclly understood each other, I would depart iinmedi
, ately for Boston, m order to close my business there,
and be in Washington with my family by the 1st of
December. This, I admit, was imprudent. But I
believed him to bo honest oud sincere, not false and
1fraudulent. At my suggestion, he sent a draft of
j the contract to Boston by mail,, for mo to execute
I and send back, tortile purpose of having all our ar
rangements completed by tire meeting of Congress.
But as it contained an article not very clearly expres
sed, and, so far as I could understand it, not among
the terms previously and distinctly agreed upou, I re
fused to sign it until I could see him in Washington,
and obtain an explanation. This explanation was,
that I should pay one half of the expense of fumish
i ing the paper to those subscribers not then transfer
| red to the partnership, until their several years, then
j runnirg on, should expire, and theyshouldj by renw
j become subject to such transfer. I iininediniely
, objected against this as a new and inequitable stip
”hit ion, Hint should cause a loss to mo of about ^ 1200;
and on Ids refusing to execute the contract without
it, said that, having removed with my family to Wash
ington, Under the belief Hint our bargain was explicit
and thoroughly understood, I should remain there
and pursue mv profession. Iiere, indeed, I ought to
have stopped; for this ought to have opened my eves
to the real character of DutF Green. Hut perceiving
tb it he was apparently in th* confidence of the most
respectable Jucksonians in Washington; and patron
ized by a plurality of the Senate oft be United States,
among whom were the Macons, the Tazewells, the I
Smitlu, the Haynes, of the South, the Bentons, the1
Johnsons, the Eatons, the Rowans, of the West, the'
v an Borens, the Dickersons, the Bernards, of the Mid- j
die, and the Woodburys, of the North; and knowing
also that he had been two years in Washington, ui"
der the observation of such men; I thought that ho j
h id some pretensions to respectability of character, i
and wns iueapablcof dishonorable conduct. I there 1
lore overlooked this proceeding; for I still deemed
the contract advantageous, had settled nil my affairs
in Boston, and was in Washington with my family.)
i I a^o knew that the Jackson party in the yencte ex- I
I pecterl my services. I was not therefore disposed to I
| recede for minor considerations; and after consider-)
| 'no the subject fo- a day or two, signed the con
I tract with this now stipulation.
fn my next I will give a history of the reference.
October 2, 1*29. RUSSELL JARVIS.
..„...!
I rmn ihe National luielli^encer of Oct. 70.
^Portugal mid the United States.—Our friend, the
Editor nt the iNev. York Commercial Advertiser,
states that. M. Torlade DjAzarohuja, was not recog
nized as Charge de* Affaires for the Kiug of Portu
gal, hy tlio lnte Administration of Government, from
the consideration, probably, that Bon Miguel’s tenure
of the throne was exceedingly precarious, &c. The
policy of the last Administration, in this particular,
was that from which it never deviated, and which is
founded on the safest and best principles of' the law
of nations. INF. Torlade, on his arrival at "iVashimr
tr.n, in September, (Inst, year,) was accredited to this
Government by the Uegyney of Portugal. As the
Cortes of Portugal, after his departure^fo this coun
try from Lisbon, settled the right of succession in
fuver of Don Miguel, the Charge was informed by
the late Administration, that new letters of credence
were required here from the government de facto, in
order to his reception here, on the gTound that, the
question of right to the sovereignty was a matter of
internal regulation, with which foreign nations have
no more inherent right U interfere than the Holy Al
liance lias to interfere in bur quadrennial election of
the President, of these United States.
The new credentials, thus required, we understand
to have bm:n received some months arm. The Evec
utive, prudently enough, took time to consider and
collect information on the subject, aud, having done
so, has at length recognized M. Torlade, properly. ns
we conceive—for we cannot join in condemning any
measure, merely because it. is done by an AdminTstrn
tion most of whose measures we have found ourselves
obliged to disapprove.
With the acts of Don Miguel towards his own
avbjcrl*, as the people are termed in Monarchies, we
have, as a nntioa. nothing to do, anymore than we
have with tho*e of the Ottoman Porte- Without
undertaking to vindicate huu particularly, we may
say, wo hope without oflenre to any body, that if he
were po odious as partizan accounts make him out to
he, ho would hardly have been chosen by the Cortes,
the Representatives of the people, to govern them.—
We want trade, commerce, and friendly intercourse,
with every nation, whether its sovereign or govern
ment bo good or had: and it docs not become us to
look so nicely into amatlor with which, according to
onr own doctrines especially, we have no rightful
concern as a people. We speak, (wo hope it will be
well understood) of national action, or policy, not of
individual opinion, which we have not. the lcn^t desire
to control, or even come in conflict wiMi.
1 SrrpAniXGK*.—The Hagerstown JlcrnJd n-ives
the following particulars furnished hv n gentleman
who witnessed the execution, which, it says, may hoi
relied on as authentic.
Swearingen tip to the morning of the fata] Friday,
showed no signs of feeling or penitence; but rather an
appearance of indifference as to his approaching fate.
He eonversed with enseaud familiarity with his ae
rjuintance on common topic--. 1 lis respectable father
bade him adieu on TJnr jday. On Friday mornirg,
between ft and 9. he received fhe visits of the Clergy,
who exhorted him and prayed with him. He was
dressed in an under dress of white vest and pantaloon*,
shoes and stockinet, over these, fie wore a white j
musling wrapper, «>r shroud, and a cap made to let!
r'rr Jb* Hi -.'. He walked, w;-j, j.j8 armsj
#
slightly pinioned, at the head ot the procession, es
corted by the Volunteer Guards, (aud preceded by a
carryall, which contained his coflin) with a firm step,1
keeping tune accurately with his foot to the bass
drum, his countenance erect and composed, and exhi-'
biting no paleness from fear—When he came to the
gallows lie surveyed it with indifference; and mounted j
the platform without betraying any wavering of!
nerve—A chair and cane were handed him; and while I
lone of the Clergy addressed the multitude, he sat'
j leaning back, his right hand resting on the cane,
j with the .nost perfect nonchalance. lie knelt du
j ring prayer, and was heard to->sav at the conclusion,
instead of ainon. so mote it he. * When tho Sheriff
held tho watch to him to give him notice that his mo- I
meats on earth were numbered, ho waved his right I
hand, exclaiming in a familiar way to the crowd,
gootl bye. gentlemen. His whole behaviour and all Ms
attitudes on the drop, evinced a firmness and self
possession, proceeding, not from a mind at case with
itself, but from a rigid constitutional temperament.
The corpse was given to his relatives and buried on
Sunday, near Cresaptown. We understand the
Confession will soon be published.
The Invasion of Jlrxiro.—We are without infor
mation, through the usual channels, either direct from
1 atnpico, or by way ot New Orleans or Havanim, of
the fate of the Spanish invasion of Mexico, about
which, judging from the newspapers, the People of
(the United States are marvellously indifferent. So
lkr from taking too deep an interest in the affairs of
Mexico, as some of tho politicians of that Republic
suppose, we seem really to care too little about them.
Or, perhaps wo think the attempt of the Spanish
Power to reconquer them merely Quixotic and abso
lutely ridiculous, and therefore unworthy of serious
attention.
l hat tlio contrivers of this expedition deserve pun
ishment for the project, and that it ought to be re
pulsed and disgraced, we all sigice. It may be,
however, that the contest may yet be fierce and bloo
dy; and. though the final issue of it will be probably
ae wo wish, it is not yet cortuin. We have a rumor
from Sabine, (in the Province of Texas,) by the way
o‘i Cincinnati, in Ohio, conveyed by a private letter,
that “the Spanish invading force had been totally
defeated, with the loss ot their baggage, cannon,
and money, and that of the whole number of
them a few only escaped to sea, the rest being
slain. The same account states, that “sonic (Tf
the disaffected old Spaniards, who were upproach
ing to join the invaders, had also fallen into the
hands of the Mexicans, wit h their money." This ac
count . ltowever, cannot, \re think, be true. It is con
tained in a Letter which bears date September 7.
Our latest previous information from the Scut of War
is to the 1st of the same month, inclusive. The dis
tance from Tampico to the Sabine is too groat to al
low ot t he information having been carried over-land
fioui the one place to the ether in the interveninrr
space, even if the reported catastrophe had taken
place tho very day the latest vessel sailed.
The next arrival from Tampico or Havnnna will
probnhlv bring us some intelligence of a reliable and
decisive nature_Mat. Inf.
(Sonnnmtai atccova.
OATK OK LATEST EUROPEAN ADVICES.
From Liverpool,.Ang. 29.
A/nr/Unt of Produce and number of Boats passed down
Ihroitgfi the Lower Locks.
^CT• U*—6 hhds. tobacco, 375 barrels flour, 152
bus. wheat, 4 ton sand, 4 cord wood, 11 boats, 5 coal
boats, 1013 bus. coal.
[from thi; commercial Advertiser.]
Jlericw if the Mew York Market, October 10.
Coffee—The business during the week has been
very light, and without alteration in prices.
Cottox.—The sales of the week have extended
to about 2000 bales, two thirds Uplands, at 8 a 10-V
cts.; 300 New Orleans, 10 to 12; 200 Alabama and
1 ennessee, 9 b 11 cts.
Domestic Goons.—An extensive business has:
been done this week, but prices remain without
change.
Fish.—The market is animated, and prices have
generally advanced, on mackerel, from 12i to 25 cts.
per baircl.
Flour.—This day week there tvns a considerable
busines done m flour, and prices advanced fully twen
ty-five cts. per bbl. Haying been withont farther
advices from England, prices remain about the same
?.s they were nt the close of the market on Saturday
last. Tho sales n mount to about 7000 bbls. of all de
scriptions: We quote, New York. supf. $5,62 a 5,75;
\\ estern, $5,75 a 6, Southern, $5,74 a 6. Rvc flour,
^,/aa4. Indian meal, $2,75 a 3. In hhds. $1.3
a i3-£. v
Fruit.—At auction, 210 b>:s of bunch Raisins,
were sold at $1,37$ a 2,63; 100 half do. 45 a 85 ctsu
oObxs MuBcnteL^LSDa 2,22; 27 do. Bloom.$ 1,50',
(all in bad condition;) 36 drums of old ii«nu h*. n q
cents. ° ’ *
GnAix.—Supplies come in slowly. Some Jots of
W estern \\ heat have been sold nt $1,22, which is a
considerable advance on last week’s quotations—
V-equofe, Western Wheat, 118 a 122 cts; Virginia.
108 ft 115 cts; Rye, 60 a 61 cts; Oats, Northern, 38
cts, Southern Corn, 50 a 51 cts; Northern, 60 a 61
cts; Long Island, 6-2 cts.
^AimcAxv.-At auction, 71 logs of Cuba, 3$ a
moi.asses— j he business during the week has
bcP,n A fcw Parw?ls of New Orleans were
sold at 30 cts.
lino VVm *STonK5’-—'Tiicre is a demand for Turpen
tine. Tor !S dull; we quote Tar $1 50 a 1 58.
Turpentine, $2 a 2,25.
Oir s._TI.cre is a demand for all descriptions, and
an advance has been realized. Whalo in barrels and
tierces, have sold at 3-1 ets, and a further advance is
now asked. Summer Sperm. 70 a 72, and Winter
to cts. American Linseed, 74. Liver. .$13 50 a 15.
At auction, la casks of Palm, 6 a 6* cts.
Pnovrsio.Ns.r-A considerable pupply of new Reef
have reached the market, and have been sold at our
quota ions v’z.-,Mess, $7 07 a 0; Prime. $5 76 a ft.
* dull, and prices are a shade lower.
Rtcf—The sales during the weeJr have reached
about 400 fcs. at $2* a 3 rcacucu
SpiniTP.-At public auction on the 3d, 5 hlids of
N. O. Rum brought 30* ets. On the 5th, 10 do 31
?f; . °.n ,,1C 30 PM,e" Holland Gin 0 t a CG cts •
5 hhds Jamaica Rum1 96 cts; some Old Grenada 02 !
cts; 5 pipes of American Rrnndy 28 k cts.
r3 ’ »v ,'T i pub'ie sales 108 hhds New Orleans
ri d,«7* n 73; 22 do vpry inferior, \\ n
fcni° i5ro‘X ** At private sje &0
1 v fi I a R‘* 400 boxes of Siam at 10 cto.
* EXT*~lT car?° 2f.thc shiP Splendid was sold
'S£ »}«"'«• Jo»m linnet Sons, consisting
roo3 «J?MtVIy*WI*®** a 84; 144 l,n'f d° Ho, at 05;
£?Vtoa?1; SS0 f,° You"? Hj^w* at
„ 7£; -2f)6 hn,f dt> do’ nt 7G a 70; 1080 chests
I f[yBOT,Skm, at 44 n 52; 27 half do do, nt. 401; mo
chests Tonkny, 42 a 43; 6l do Souchong 55; 76 !
ha.f do do, 57: 206 catties do, 40 ets—6 months.
i onAcco.-—At auction on the 3d inst. 26 hhds of
Kentucky, 3§ a 6* ets; 37 do, ^ * 6>. On the 6,h.
$ a 4** °n U,c '9 M.ds
Kent, 3Ja6|; 2 lihdp Virginia, 3 a 4.
VVinr—At auction on the 6th, 60 or. casks Rons
sn.on, 33 a 36X ets; 6 pipes Corsica, 32 eta.; 400 qr. j
cnsks Malaga Sherry 45 a 52 ets; 6 pipes, 10 half do i
and 3 j qr. casks Sicily Madeira, 74 a 8! ets; 70 doZ.
Cnampagne, inferior $i\; 23 casks Bordeaux Cln
pipes of Port. 65 n 72 cts-salo stopped.'
0>, ho 7th 3 pipes of Madeira, 120 ets; 3 hhds 120
a 27 ets; 5 qr. casks, !30 ets, part of the carrro of
sehr. Wyms the sale was stopped. Also, 50 casks
Marseilles Madeira, 50 a 5! ets; 70 casks Ro„wj11on :
were offered, 10 only sold at 28 a 30 ets; 40 Mnl
apa rlherrv, 4M a 49 ets. Also, ,no eases Cham
paign, at a gfig; 14 Indian barrels Red, 43^ ct?.
1 U , Pmi.AorT.rmA, Oct. 10.
' 'ir 'l'lu *''«if.-rS:ncc I391 report sajes of t -per i
tine flour have been made at $5.50, *5.A’i a *5 74
about 3000 bbls. having been Taken fSr wWt aT the
latter, winch is now considered the established inarkot
price, and our quotations arc advanced accordimrlv'
the stock continues small. Rye flour steady at,quo
tations, but no important transactions reported,
hales of com meal in hhds. have been made St $11.50
a £12. and fresh ground in bbls. at $2.50.
Oral*.—Several cargoes of wheat rold early in
the week at $1 04 a $1.07, since when very Utile has
come in, and no sales reported. Corn continues
f.1™;111"1 for what little has arrived, our quotations,
50 a 5. cts. lor southern yellow, and 55 e 3f7 for
1 cnnsylvanta round yellow, have been readily obtain
ed.—home little rvc at market, for which 53 cts.mas
obtained, and southern oats have brought 25 a 27els.
Price Cup*
, , Petersburg, Oct. 13.
About twenty bales new' Cotton have been broueiti
to Market, most of which being very fine, was pur-,
i Phased by the Manufacturers here, at Piets. This
prtce, however, cannot be calculated on from Ship
pers, as the European Markets continue very much
depressed. A few sales of old Cotton arc made at
8 a t^cts.—[/irf.
BALTIMORE MARKET—Oct. la.
n ^ V°°"A ,leaf- a $18; seconds otfli
narj, 4a G, *l,4a G; fine red. 6 a 13; for wrapping, 7 a 12?
-me yellow, 25 a 30; Rappahannock, 3 60 a 4; Kentucky, tine.
4 50 a •; wrapping, 4 50 a 7. 1
Flour—Rest white wheat family, $6 75 a 7 25; suiasr. How
hhl * °/’2i a ? 75; _cj,y mills’ 5 a> a 5 75—tom Meal,
bbl 2 47*—Grain, best red wheat, 1 ljs best while do. 1 20 a
1 2I»; nrdinary to good, 1 03 a 1 10—Cork, white, 50 a 51; yel.
rn n r\~nf,e' r’l~?‘!!i'-‘M*:i2—Beans' 1 10 a 115-Pin.
! a C/orer Seed, 3 2a a 3 50—Timothy JZ a 2 50—
I Grass, 2 a 2 50; Herd’s, 75 a 100; Lucerne, 37* a 50 lhZ-Itar
| hy, 4a n 50-Flawed, 75. [.qm. Farmer.
0-5” AN APPRENTICE is wanted at this office.
DIGGER always ahead.
Covrr.Tatxo\ of the most splendid luck. Drawing of tire
New \ork Lottery, Class So. 12, for 1829:
10, 46, 23, 48, 42, 47, 28.
T«*ot No- 28, 42, 47, one of the grand ranitalsoi
$10,000, and No. 28, 42, 46, a capital of $1,000, were both <mfil
.v the ever fortunate and constant prize sailing Higger, to gen
tlemen of thrs city, to whom the cash has as usual already U t ,
pare, and tire prrxe tickets can Us seen at tire Lottery and K>;_
. of T,I°* »* bi&jer,
oit u at_Opposite the Eagle Hot?’.
! &dRTliEAWARE,, CH1nJT& GLASST
JSul>PCr‘^fir ,ias receded by the Anacrceu}r
i ; ae(V*V',r# Cropper, frum Liverpool,
hta iall supply ot Earthenware and China, and bv re
cent arrivals from Boston, plain, moulded, and cut
Glassware; the whole comprising the best assortment
of goods, in f he above line, ever oflered for sale itt
Richmond. Country merchants and others wafcf- -
mg supplies are respect fully invited to caU and exa
prices previous to purchasing
STOJfE- IT A RE,
of excellent quality, which will be packr *to order nt
factory prices. WM. MMYT1I
-jept 28 codgt if Market Brfd^
f|NO STIJilE.VfS OE MEDICINE.—the Mihreritof
A intends to deliver a Course of Lectures on demonstrative
Anatomy aud Surgery during the ensuing months of November
December, January, lebruary, and March. He will aim
I ver a Course of Lectures on Chemistry. He pledges himH’.f -
that no pares shall be spared to render this course of tastruclfot*
practically useful. r
During a residence of nine years in this City, the subscriber
has been actively engaged in the instruction of Medical Sni'
'.■•uis; hi9 experience justifies him in asserting that no pfactr
uOords more ample opportunities for tire study of practical
Anatomy and other important brauches of a Medical efjucatio.v,
central to that region of country from Vhicb tire
northern Schools derive their principal support,-posses<in« ,
population sufficiently numerous for tho purpose cfSuruical edr!
-ns.ruct.on and enjoying in LioCut tire
..dvantages of a healthy and suitable climate, the City of Kich
inond presents to tho cultivators of Medical Science, almn t
every desideratum. ’ - . .
0£t-___. JOHN CULLEN, M, r>.
HUBBARD & GARDNI^i
| lime received their Fall supply of GOODS, anil
I now offer Jbr sale,
ftftO fa,r of Shoes, comprising an assort
t/V,UVU ment of almost every description,
m°st which were made to order
>500 pair plantation shoes, city made and v.-ar-v
ranted good
3000 sides goal leather
350 do russet and wax upper leather
54 dozen wax calf skins
17 do kip do
25 do white and coloured lining skilil
20 do russet sheep <*0
5 do hatters' lining do
3 do hog 0-o
182 boxes men’s fur hare
8 do boys’ do do
70 do men’s and boys’ wool lirrfs?
in 1^° black & drab do round ortoa
4U dozen children’s morocco haf3
43 do men’s and boys’ fur caps
54 nests hair and seal skin tr-unkd
C00 reams wrapping paper
50 do do do, large sir.b
1 72 do writing and letter do
CO boxes Whiltemoro’s cotton and wool cartte
7 do common cotton cards, IVo. 17)
700 lbs. ‘hop twino
2500 do slme thread, in balTg
25 doz. black oil varuish
35 do boot and shoe lafejs
7 "Toss cup blacking
40 dozen Webster's spelling books
10 do Emerson’s razor strnpg
Treading lines, boot cord, web, &<•.
sept. 28-oo5>tif
' " - -rr.„ .V.
j Richmond Races, Fall, 183!).
i ^J^HK Richmond Races over fho Tree Hill Conrse.
j will commence on the 3d Tuesday, (20th of
tober.) and continue four days, as usual,
j l tnsrr Day.—A match race for *1000 a 6«Jc, hr
j !'u"^pn tWrJ co,f* of tried speed and bottom, two m?Io
‘ Previous and interesting conies’
| much doubt exists ns to fho superiority of the i*nO
o\"er the other, and considerable interest is excitoA,
On the same day, a sweepstake for colts and filllpc'
’ years old, tvro mile heats, entrance *200; three sub!
sertbers. and closed.
hcotpC° ° DAY—Pr0PriGior’s *300, two mile
On tlie mme day, a swoepstako for three years old
celts and fillies, two mile heats, entrance $100; fbnr
subsrribers, and closetl. • ^
mile*heat? ^AY’—^key Purse, *1000, four
niileTien's ^AY’“_ThdM*niial poststake, #150, tbf?p
Polly Hopkins, Slender, Kate Kcnmey, £jar,
Wfixey, Cadmus, and many fine horses arc in (rainl
ing, probably a greater number than ever was known
in Virginia at any one lime.
The Proprietor will he prepared, as heretofore, to
accommodate genth-men who may desire to stay at
t roc Hill during the races.
Those members of ibe Club that should be umftfe
to attend the Fall Meeting, will please forward their
subscript irons, as the purses are large and the snb^r*
bnr bound to pm them up. J. jyj. SELDKN
rr,, ,,. Treasurer & Prrtpricii r
The Lditors of the National Intelligencer, Fred •
mcksburg Arena, Intelligencer, Petersburg, and
I.ynebburg \ irginian, are requested to ptiblmh tha
above once n week until the racc< andVnd »Ko'r
Recounts to ^ ». a
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