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ISyi© so . j I.SXIIHI IIU, tlAV 15, Ift.'tr, A NATIONAL BANK—SUSPENSION OF SPECIE PAYMENTS. The Baltimore Ca/ctte contains a letter, addressed ly j). A. Smith, Ks(j. to Dr. John Brucktmhrough. President ol the Batik of Virginia, advocating the temporary suspension ol specie payments through out the Union, and the itiuncdialc incorporation of a National Bank, as the only means ol rescuing the country from universal bankruptcy. j'I;g writer i» said to be a gentleman ol great liuaucial ability and experience, whose opinions arc entitled tu uiiipies liouablc weight. \\ <■ shall give the letter at length in our next, regretting that it came to hand too laic for (his morning’s paper. EXECUTIVE ISIII RATION. The New A oik I’taiadiatcr concludes a vindica tion of fhc I reasury Order w tilt tin* remark : **tilad should we lie it a tau\ ol a tenor corresponding with dial Order, were niarlut, iu redatum to the pavnients at the customs." Ry w hat authority in the Republic would the lMaiudcalci hate this law cnuiltd / It l,y Congress, to which body the duties ol legisl;,. lion arc eicUsir, hj assigned by die eonstitniion, there would be no objection to it, on the score of power at least, whatever dilVetenee of opinion there might be as to the policy of die measure. Hut what would the I’laindealer think of .Mr. Van Hun ii.it, tile law of Congress permitting the receipt of bank notes in payment ol duties remaining; uu die statute book, Mr. Van Huron should, by a Trousuiy Order, lorbid liist 'olleelors to take any thing hut gold and sther? Would it not be such an act of usurpation as would excite the indignation of the ctimmcrcial cutuinuuity. and jtisiifv resistance—if neceasurv. arm ed resistance ? Would it not he an assumption of power, in express defiance both of the law and the constitution I Would it lull be a practical revolu tion in our political system—a prostration of the (lowers and rights of ( 'ongre.ss, and the eonyersioti of our limited Executive into uu unlimited I tietatorsbip J 11this be so, we would ask ivhunee does the I’resi. dent derive the >uuhoril\ whirh he lias exercised, iu reference to the receipt of money* for I'nldie J.ands, which would not w arrant a similar exercise of authority in relation to the ('0x10111x1 In otlu 1 words, has lie not the same right to furlinl the re ceipt of any species of money except gold and silver at the rustum-lintisrs tsut the land-nll'n 1 - ! Indeed, the exercise of this assumed povv rr in both 1 , . would nullify one olthe strongest aigumenls now urged a gaitit the Treasury Itidii — an argument vvliieli Mr. liives warmly mforred lust vvinlet—we mean its liut operation , pre-i rilling nne 1 tile for the gov et ntiient ol (iitblie drillin'* is the All Mir States and an opposite rule III the West Cl e. It tile I'pm Ion! have a tight, un der l hr cnusl it tit ion. In r/n, 'a l.itr 1 etpi ii iug that the public lauds shall hr paid lot utdv in specie, hr has an eiptal i ght to -1 me/ a hr.r of a like i haraeter in rote retire In the duties on imports, t.tu tin* other hand, if lie has no 11. lit *0 | ivseril.e such a rttlr to tbr collectors ol customs, lie li.ls, bx pantv ol'rra-ou ing, UO right to prescribe hitch a tide to tie ers of moneys at tlie laud otliees. Hxih rest on the Xante broad loutnlattoll. It it would In an usurpation in the former ease, 11 is no less so in 1J1. latter. And that it IS an usurpation, us Ougrant as it was mu-ailed for and unjustifiable, is ju-t as certain as that tin mustn 111 ion eoiif. ts c\chlsivr legi- lat iv e povv 1 1 upon I'ongrest. and vv iihhnlds it Irnni the I’resident. It i an usurpation, vv hicli. -ii fitly persisted in, as it is, nut only w it limit the as-cut ot ('otigress, but iu direct op position to loiir-filihs 1 f both it* branehes, de mauds mch an 1 xpressiun of jniblii opinion as shall deter futine 1‘re-idculs from Itaiiseending the limit* oft)n-ir authority. and making iben will i|i law of ill - land. I lie popularity ot (Ion. .laekson ui.fv.rliM alely en abled him tu do whatsoever he list, d. The people, with an inlatualton whirl! scarcely b.ts its para]], 3 in the history of any nominally tree government, seem ed willing to submit to all his whims and captive., whether in obedience t.. law, or m opposition to I . Reposing the most unlimited and dangerous confi dence iu the integrity of his purposes, a large ma jority uflhem were always ready to echo his opinions and del nil Ins measures: and hence we must not wonder that so many nt their representatives have proved faithless to their high tesponsihilities, tV have consented tu hr the mrie tools and instruments of thr Popular Idol. Tin y saw that tin* n». <1 t>i pr« - tmnent ;\ud honor l.< \ m obedience to Ins will: and heme they have obeyed that will, eve n when a vio lated constitution, and laws trampled in the <!um. and the public prosperity boldly hazarded on the result ol a learful “ r.rj-t mum/,'' and private rights and interests ruthlessly tnunpled under loot, railed vi|>oti them to resist these hold encmai Imienr* upoti the lundntiicntu] law of the Kupublic and the rights nl the people. T hey saw that every man w ho dared to he honest in these worst of times, who had inde pendence enough to resist the l sniper, and. a* re presentatives of the people, to warn them of thr-r fimradi* upon the sacred charter of their liberties, so tar Irotn meeting the reward which they deserved, in ithe approbation ol their constituents, w ere instantly hunted down by the Ffretoriun Cohort?. and banish ed Irom the public councils—and lienee, they quail ed before the great Juggernaut, whose ponderous "heels arc now rolling over the land, crushing alike friend and foe, w orshipper and sceptic ! Whnliei \ atj Jhiren, following in the footsteps of his •• illustrious predecessor," can be long sustained l y Jackson’s re flected popularity, in acts of a character no less fla grantly oppressive than those w hich kindled the fierce indignation of ourfathers against King (ienr'jc and Lord North, and which, it been).*' to us, slioulil Mir tin1 'ery stones of our streets “ to mutiny :uiil rage,” Tunc ttlone must disclose. We must have basely degeuc rued, however, when such an art as the Treasury Order—an art of usurpation in its origin, ruinous in its effects, and adhered to in despite of the nearly u •litniinous vote of <'ongress and the loud elatnors ol a suffering peoplr, who believe, whether truly or not u is boot less to enquire, that if is one of the chief causes of existing calamities,—when such an art as this can be perpetrated and perpetuated, with impuni ty* A King of England nr nf France, for alike as sumption of authority, maintained in defiance nftlte vote of their Parliaments, would long since have lost hi* crown, and perhaps his head. We, thank 1 l<*a ven ! need not yet resort to such measures of vio lence. Our elections are yet nominally free: but that they will not long remain so, if the people do not awake to the necessity of restraining their Ex ecutive within his prescribed orbit, is just as evident as that Despotism must follow tolerated Usurpations b.v that officer. MI ssi ssi P|*r_i i , , ' tMIle' <rom the ,)i co 4eminent ol this State to,he editor 0f,he M.,b,le R#. s »v* : - an- , 1 " n°"-|*ay merit. The ,| ; ... I" insure punctuality. | think ,|„ i'h.ee.*l on .h.nn.!!;," a"'1 , „ ,» we have heretotole .lealt ..alto ' he<t:S- ”"C .. '» our U \o L mka'aK 1 "tintiy ol two milium, , -hIS:;!'... -.in Natch 11 11 1,1 a,lu''l. are the Musis,ippians mail ' ,.^ M"r«il‘5 ..a the eurse o, , ‘'Vor-hankins, they cinleav or to tin,I a leme.K the V '"'I’n'se to the cause that pro ; T ,,~Ull,l,° ,,M- =».•!. ... topers. I appio liiaMiii, vve presume, that •• the hair of,he doe „ ~ !' . 1 " l,lte‘ 1,1 '*'•* case, however, the, mil . ^ ’ a^^roi,Kh they may retanl tin.seen, of the avalanche by these meat,,, they trill aujjme.it „s bulk ami i nr re ate it, velocity, when it shall eventually, a, i' "Hist, sooner or Inter, break down these paper lie- 1 fences. In Clinton and Vicksburg, large public in. ‘tings ' li.m b« cn held, and resolutions adopted instructing ' their delegates in the State Legislature to invite the , l nited States Bank of Pennsylvania to locate a hranch .Mississippi • \,„| the beauty of it U. that this proposition was made in Clinton hy tJen. Henry s. I* note, who made hiuiscll conspicuous, ruling the ' l ist J‘residential campaign, by the ardor ol his friend ^hip tor \ an Bureu, as perchance may be rerolleit ; cl by those win. saw his elaborate letter to .Mr. Fit/, hugh ot ( aroline, published at length in the tJlobe, and duly pulled by that immaculate concern and it* *■'Im in Richmond. Indeed, the calamities ol tlie times, and the chinos t«. which they art* so obviously ! Us eable, are w orking precisely tin* same ie*ult that a similar pressure led to in Mb. The country will ' Hot be contented, because it . amiot do w ithout, a Na tional Bank. \Vhat a writer in a .Mississippi paper says, will soon be public ntntimcnt: • We must (he remarks) liave some such institution to regulate the . Urrcucy ol tin* cuuntiv ; and though l have always opposed the L. State, Bank tiom principle, I think it vastly prelerable to the hucksteiung currency which has sprung up under the late administration.” I (!/’ Since the foregoing was written, we have 8 • n a gentleman, just (join .Mississippi, (a (fiend ol th«* present administration w ithnl.) w ho informs us that there was no doubt that the Legislature would invite the F. S. Bank of Pennsylvania to establish a branch in that State, with banking privileges lor twenty years, and that ail men, i f all parties, are now ■'atiMied that it is impossible to get along w ithout a National Bank. Smh, we dou! t not. will soon be tlie uuivei-*al nciio* ol tin* country. PFNNS VIA AM A ANTI VHOUTHLN (UV VF.NTiON. We m 'titiom 1 in out last that a < ’•i.iveuiiou of the 1 fiends ol the Fnion, w n m wumn .0 i Lut i* burg. in w huh tieaiK ever y count) in Penney ,u:ia wa-r.p resented, the object of which was to allay public .cn tiinent against the disorganizing Vbohtiou Incendia lies, whose purposes can t lily be consuiumated I>\ tile disruption ot the lies that n »vv unit these States. 'That ('oiivention ha* since ilj- uin d, havin', adopt ed the following Resolutions, with an argumentative Pi amble, (w hieh want ol room ( .impel, us to omit,) embody iug and enforcing the *amc opinions : lu'solrr f, | hat the <lOVC’llimcnt n| the | nited Slates, ha- no ( oust it iitmnal powei whatever, over ti:e relation ot mast; r and slave, m at v oftlo- State-, •'I ihe I liioii. /»/ n.'/<■# >/, That w hether ('ougi -s does or dees not I’"-' •' the right ol legi-Ia’ing on the subject ot the a!i.diloMi «•! slavery wiihiii the di-tnet ol < 'olumbta, it would he unwi.-e and impolitic in the . xii rmc to as »" it °i *'\ereise mu It tight : as any attempt to d<> v 11 ""ul'l impair the harmony and mutual cuuli • deuce of the States, il not peril the inh gi u\ oil he l ujon. / •</. l li.it each S rite has tin* exclusive right | under the «(institution, to judge ol. eMabhsli. and maintain w KInn its own Imrdi iw, its ow n sy ^tem n| do mestic relations and domestic policy ; and that every attempt by the eili/.eiis ol one State to denounce or invalulate tile e-taidished institutions ol aiiotln r, is unv .itranted hv the constitution, and hostile to the < peace and harmony of the I nmn. Ius"!rrif, That no Stale could he justly retjuired to r»*( (»cni/.<* as valid, under the iconstitutional com p.u t of the Stales, a measure which should violate! it- internal senility and peace, or abrogate the lights , ol property "l its citizen* : ami we pledge ourselves to unite with the people of the other States, in nppo Mi g Mich intracti-ms ol the constitution, and m main taining the domes!ic repost* ol cvciy member ol tins confederation. lie sol rr»l, I hat the project ol colonizing on the « oa-t ol Africa, free persons ot color and maniumt t I slaves, to he ( aincd thither with their own eon sei i. does hold out to the patriot and philanthropist, tht* hope of the ultimate abolition of slavery, the el ev at toll t>l I he \ Irn all race to a state ol • piabtv with' the rest ol the human family, the extension ot the Id - ssings of civilization and s« lf-gn\ eminent, and the diffusion of the principles o| ihe Sacred (Jospel of Fence within that benighted region; and that the praiseworthy efVoils ot the colonization societies, to bring about tin »r most desirable results, are entitled to tin* best wishes and In ai tv co-opt rain.n of all the 111* nds of the peace, order, harmunv and integrity of tlir 1 nion of these States. Ixrtolml, That •> copy of these pirn »edings In (oj warded to the President ol''tiic 1 nited States, tin (io vernors ol the several St lies and the numbers of the Senate and I louse ot IL piesentatives of the* I’niled States. K. M• WHITNEY —It will be recollected that ibis leading member of tlie Kitchen Cabinet ircent l\ took the oath of insolvent* . That fact, consid ered by itscll, is (d eotir.se no stigma upon his charac ter, since better men than himseli have been reduced to similar strait . Poverty is no crime; audit onl\ becomes a theme of reproach when it is connected with prodigality and dishonesty. Whitm v’s cas-< may he judged o| bv tin; following paragraph, copied j li'om a lettev trom 'Washington, which we find in the Ghaileston Courier, a Van Bnren paper, distin guished alike for its dignity, candor and ability ; , ‘*It is not above eight or ten weeks since that Whitney gave a most splendid party, declaring that it should eclipse any party given m Washington du ling the same winter. Natural and artificial (lowers wen* strewed in profusion about the supper table; the lights were dazzling, and the music was surpas sing. The cost ol that supper w\;s said, at the time, to he above S I 00(1, yet in his schedule he icturus flic w hole valuc ol his property, consisting ol « arnagc, horses, plate arid furniture, as oulv 3000 dollars. So that the supper rust him about one thud ol what he was worth in property. 11 is schedule (dins debts i> verv teriific. To one. creditor (II. Gate1- iY Co. ol ( anada.) he owes above s?31,000 ; and to a firm in Philadelphia, (Wiggins <Y Co.) SKr>,00H ; and the ‘ rest of his schedule shows him to be indebted to the amotmt of nearly £bU,000. This i< an alarming debtor and creditor account for one who is supposed to have been frisking for some years in the sunshine of Evrutive patronage and to have enjoyed unusual ; money facilities, in consequence of the position lie] has occupied m reference to the Deposit** Banks. It . is hard to account for the utter destitution of means i which this schedule presents, and, as a natural cunse- | (pienee, many rumors disadvantageous to Mr. \\ hit ucy will be circulated.” AMOS KENDALL.—The Maysville (Ky\) Ea glc informs us that when Amos controlled the poll j ' tics of Kentucky, through Gov. Desha, of whom he . j waMhe ronscer.ce-keeper. as he bar since beenrre ‘•I higher dignitaries, In* was th« advocate ol * pun*, umnixcd rug currency. Hence. (says that paper.) it "’as through hisugeticv, inaveiv great dt1 gn-e. that tin: <'uininonvvealth Hank, which had no other basis than State credit,—uot a dollar of gold or s11\er,—was chatteted and went into operation. Had Mi t lay consented to pav A trios the price which lie asked for Ins services. Anion would have been tin bitterest enemy ol Ins present associates, and Nick Middle ami the Hank would have had no firmer 01 more zealous advoi ate. Thus ti ivial events control men's after destinies—then opinions nun being the mere accidents of accidents ! fl /'■ The following infamous paragtupli appeared m ihe Washiugtau Hlubt in the course of thy last month; " THERE IS NO I'KESSrivE \VHit'll ANN HONES r M\N SHOl LD KKURKT. This cry ot pressure ot money, when it is in greater abun • lam «• than ever before, is like a cry ol tumiue in the midst ol the most phuftifiii harvest. Some there may be, even in such times, who have nothing to oat, but it can be only those who dcseivc to stuivo, because they have earned nothing." 1 he Lexington (Ivy.) Hazclfu, commenting upou this paragraph, says, “The funniest part ol the a hove is that it conics hum Francis I*. Hlan ! The indignant contempt which stu b a st ntimeut ought naturally to inspire is almost ineigcd m that ol laugh ter, wheuwecall to mind the source from which it emanates. We all know i'lanl, in heutlickv Wo recollect how he paid oil Ins debt to the Hank ol the l luted States (about Scouts m the dollar!) Wo remember him us a miserable starveling, without tuu m y and without credit: and now, when he has lined his pockets with the public money, he has the au dacity to insult those who have been bunkiopted by him and Ins Kitchen cronies.*' It is astonishing that a dishonest fellow, such as 1\ l*. Hlan i», should uot have the same horror ot hearing the Hank or hard tunes mootloiicd, as a man whose lather was hung has a lope ora scaffold. It would he more aston ishing that lie could ever a< quite any influence m the community, were it nut universally huu that “ \\ lien a nation boils, the scum mil i iso." 0 /" Adam 11uiitsin.in, K*q. tin* vucccvvot ol the late lamented David Crockett in Cotigrevv, ha* tie• dim’d a le-election. He gay* : *• The vv uipatliv c\ < ited loi the ini lam Indy I itr ol (he late < ol ( hock etl n> such, (h it mutiv wish to pi\ a tubule ol u* spci t to liiiu by electing Ins von. I w ill not stand in the w av til (Ills gene i otiv sy uipatliv. 1 find v oung < lock ell possesses (mi the main) sound republican pmici pies," At . \ oung Crockett will doubtli'sv bu elect ed w ith acr l unation. 0 /* lii relerencc t«> Hen. J.o kvou’v icpuhd pe eiiniaiy losses, the t Yu it of Ills own ** vvai upon the eurn in y,” one ol the journal* quotes tin* lolluw iug htnkiugly appropriate lintn : " So the struck Kagle, stretched upon the plain, V. nnue through rolling clouds to sum again, \ i. w . his ow ii leather on the fatal dart, \ ud winged the shall that qui\ers in lus heart : Ktfili are hi-, pangs—but keener far to led lie nurs’d the pinion that impelltl the vleel." 0 /m It is stated m the Noifolk Deacon that ;> pei ct nl. has already heeu olfeted tor the stock ol the I*.\i h inge Hank. \\ e should like to know what it is, in the history of Daubing in Norfolk borough, that inspire* such confide m e. Men 1> inquire loi information. 01/" Cen. Scott has declined the public dilinct tendered to him some time ago in New York, and whieh he had at one time agreed to partake of, in consequence ol the continued eoiiimeici.il ililli eultie*. and the general < ilaimliesol th»* times. 0 ,'Jm I lie Ijt*gislalilia* ol New \ oik hai passed an act applying the moneys belonging to the Sulety §• tind to ih»' redemption of the notes of the Daubs, the doors ol which have been dosed by injunction. I lo so Banks now consist ol the three in Dullalo, and the Dry Dock hank in New York. Their notes me aDo duel led to he received in payment of State d ir*. ft /" The Dry Dock Dank, of New York, which has shut u|> its door*, i* mu of the 'Treasury Tets, anil, at the timeol its stoppage, had in its vaults, or had lust, jjcjfo| the ** dear people’s” money ! \\ e shall soon get rid of the dreadful evil of a Sur plus Kcvitiue at tins rate ' 3 / ’ 1 lie Calaboose (Jail,) in New Orleans is so well stocked with Missis*uppi;umf arrested lor debt, that if is generally known a-* the Afisjtsinjt^i Hoard ing House. CHIMIN \\t TIM ADS. John H. Shanks w as tried before the Circuit I'oiut of this corporation, (Judge Win. Daniel presiding,) on Thursday last, on a i barge ot lorgmg and obtain ing the money for a cheek in the name of (’ol. Mau nce Langhorne, and sentem cd to two years' con finement in the penitentiary. C. L Mushy lor tin Commonwealth, and Win. Daniel, jr. lor the prison or. Shanks confessed Ins guilt, and threw himselt »m the mercy ol the Jury. We h ive no doubt, from flic ingenuousness t.f Ins countenance, as well as from the circumstances of tin* ease, that Shanks is a novitiate in crime, anil this consideration hail, we suspect, its due weight w ith the Jurv, w hose sen tence is the lightest which the law allows. < >n the same day, Robert Malume was hied on a charge of having entered into Messrs. Williams A \ irtor’s Jewelry Store, on the Vfd nit. and stolen tlieicfmm two liainlsnme gold watches. and manv other valuable articles. J he prosecution was con ducted by ( . b. Mosbv, Rmj. with Ins usual abi lity, and the accused was defended with great inge nuity and eloquence by Win. I hmiel, jr. and (*lii«-w ». || Dabney, Fsqs. A flora short absence, the jur y, no less to the surprise than the gratification of the commu nity, whose sympathies were excited to an extraor dinary degree in heliall of the prisoner, returned a verdict of acquittal. The youth of the accused, bring only 10—Ins previous good diameter—and, above all. Ins affection fur and attention to a w idow ed, infirm and destitute mother, all tended to awaken unusual interest in Ins behalf : and ns there was a doubt whether the abstraction of the goods wen* not,in the language of one of the counsel, •* a practical joke," the prisoner intending to return them alter he had sufficiently alarmed the owners, tlu* jury gave him the benefit of it, and hade him go tree, and sin no more. OOf** “YKRITAS" on the first page. We are glad to see that the writer, (a good Van Burcn friend of ourbs,) though not entirely emancipated from error, has some faint glimpses of the cause ns well as of the remedy for existing evils. (£/* We put no faith in the tumor of renewed hostilities in Florida, copied in our last from the Charleston Mercury. It is not substantiated by the later accounts, and is improbable in itself. The advices direct from Mexico are not of such a character as to inspire much confidence in the statements of the New Orleans correspondent of the National Intelligencer. We publish both, however, and our leaders may judge for themselves. viKunu u.rn iou. JH)l .SE OK DKLEU VI ES MuN Tuo.MI'll Y, (1 delegate)—.SJaJr of nit II' ■ Hand Harnett Vt.o. Horse 710. Crandall 11 7 ; ■ill \ .miles. I- I I ) \ IJ, ( I )—■! >, — I. ins 1 V .in) re el- e(ml M A I >l.SoS. 11)—1.inn li.iuks (Vaii) ic elected, w it lion I opposition, I .Ol lM *l N, ( l)—Kolii ii T l.inki l i ; I. 1 m it I'eiril <>77, Timothy Tavlur. Ji 4,r.7, I. W .iltinin ■’ Santnrd .1 Kaniei ;nil , all Wings II V KHI S< l \, (.*)— Wm V 11 .in ison In. Jesse 1'lowers -I I il. Wilson K. Sliinn 111); all \ anites l lie S lie l ill o al i I lie easting rote tin I* low el s ■'!' '.St: \ i.l \. (7)—Stephen II. .Morgan (Van) anil Thomas S llariiiotnl (Wing) elected a Win gain. ’ * I J I.l.IE (|)—John triples (Win) 1C eleeted. RLNO WILLIAM—The Enqulrci slate* that .lames I' Shailwiek is u--eleeted In 7rt loti s osei Samuel Uuhinsnn ; Imtli \ .mm- IE.Inn.mi s el. u Hon w as herutulorc aimnuneed. • < 'NtiKKSS—Cfnii>l,l, /,\(ii//,i I i \ S r I o No III SH. A ntHt i* MaUory, .loltn \V. Jones, (ifO. (I hnilt^onlu, Jotnes \\ Hiiuiilni. \\ allot ('tiles, Archibald Si naif, lltnry .!. U tse, John JlubtrUon, Jaincs 1 • at land, A’. M T. Hunter, John M. I'aitou, John !J'iiluiferi'p, ( 'harlot A'. Mtrcer, James >1. Mason, Joseph Johnson, \\ m. S Moiyan, J • S. 1 Vnu\ backet, Kobei I 1 ‘» aij;, Andrew lleiruc, (lem i;o W 11»»pk ins, Trances K. Hives N t \ T I I'NtlHLMi. (icor^c Lov.ill Juliu \\ . .1 one*. >11" I Ml oin^oolw. J .Ulirt \\ I5uul.ll.. Will lei ('olw« A • 11 I 'tjihoi/it. 1Ifni i/ ,| || John Holt r(»vn. J lilies i i.II1.Uni. John Koutic. John M Patton, John I'alitifci iu. Chtnlts /’ Mumi. KHu :ii «l I.ut at. Joseph Johnson. Win ?>. Moreau J. Al. II. II cal I. Kohett ( ’i.hi;. H//i Mil.'fimu t • «*« * I «;«■ W I lopUllIk. Johlt \ . Ala mil. i ih \\ nigs g nu two lunin. is, ami lost* two.— 1 litis, t lit* road.t w ill soo («| not li tlic I mpiuei) w it Ii w li.it tiutli tin* I ,\iirJilitiig \ ii on.in aiitu ipat. * that I In- pH lies in the next ( \ u ■ 11 ** w ill hw i .it h about i is strong as in the last." 1 \\ c shall . vauiinc the ; /.rgo/iiiut litmus, when th< \ ,i> all m 0 M •» nuetmg ol the Tubactu PlatiUi* ol Piiin c t !et»rge * county, Md. on the lilt nut rc*u | lutnuu wtoi* adopted, thanking Cuiigtvt* lot the la , ' niablv .it lion ol that body iu nUiniru to this long neglected mtoiust . iiMpirstuig the Piesidoul ol tho I States to appoint the iintiistei» and ageuls i e» oin mended by ( oiigress, as soon a* pi.n in. tide, and tli.it they be retpuied topiureed. with lit • gle.it est possible despatch, tu the Uilleieiit Ptiiopean to ui t s with w lue h it in pro pose 11 to open ue got tat mils on tins subject ; and e\pir*sivc ot thu opinion tb.it it would be num* euuducive to the iuteie^t ot the plant! is el loh.iCio, and it u therefore then earnest desire, tti.it the appointment ol niinutet to \iwliia, and tIn* dill’eicut agents recommended !>\ Congrosv, should ho made liom that portion o| thu I . Slates w here tobai ecu I* cultivated as a staple i lop. (]/“ I h« Ii florin n .S'/uih/ion, eoiuistiiig ol the ship Keliel, < apt. |)oinmg, heamig the pendant ol * ",l1 I hoinas \p ( aleslo v Jones, hanpies Pioneei, l«t- ( mil. I atnall, ( oust * rt, 1,1. t.’oin. (ilviin, and si b.i. Pilot, |,i ( oin. Morriss, liavu aailr.l tioiu I lanipton KnaiU on an exp. i imeiital ct uise. They aie expei tei| to he absent liner oi loin weeks. UTr.ii \n \m it i. \ Let fuio will he del iV! i id. bet ore the / ,y ruhim r ^ '"‘"S' Mm's S.»< tel if, <m TIIIHSDW I \ | A I Nn MAI*. III! I Hill lust. |,v Pioh SSOI 1 > ic \ pi : K, Ol fiaiupd. n Sydney College. Pile publi. generally are n.vit.d to attend. J.B.FPFFN, li.S<c 0 'rill* Funeral Senium Col. VHP \ Vf p. ' dv I II. will be pleached on Sunday uevt, VI st i msl. at 11 o . lock, at the Methodist Fpitcopal j < ’huich, by t| e p. v. Win. S. Peiil. obiit* i::v. Hied, on tbe night ol tlo n.l msl., at bis n-si [deuce, ill bill haiiiin. Iloletom I < oillil v , m tlu- f 711( , vrar ul Ins ag. . V| n. \\ 11.1.1 \ n 11 1 s x vii, a man no j b ss 1 rspri ted loi integrity ol print Iple, than beloved I n tlu Uliollendilig gentleness and hcnrvoleiM . ot j bis nature. I|. bore a long and painful illness with , •' botitude inspired by th. Pchgioii lie had long professed, and died, as a good man should die, at j peace with (.'oil and Man. The Inns shed lor linn, j by those, lor whose sake alone lie grieved to die, piovr how he fulfilled his duties as husband, lather and tneiid, and loriu the (it eulogy ot his mild and uunht 1 iisiv .* van lies. -, on the Hlli Kit. ol pulmonary consumption, >vmi 1 L M. I j.iv » 1.1., l-,s<j. ol Pitt s > Irania ewiirt house, in the f.tMh year ol his age. its:* ib;u or ran: a:/; .ri.aiHrrr, rorrcclcd •»> 15■« li;ir<l COM UISSlO.\ Ul'ltcil.l \ /'. I .xtrcme prices ol passed Toharc o, $•» 75 to |0 00 Interior to < oiumori, V 75 t0 3 50 Coiuuioti to <»ood, 3 511 in .| 50 ( mmxI to Fine 4 vft to 10 00 Fugs, 1 no to v V5 There lias he. li mspeeled the week, ending the 1 .'Jill May, 101 lillds. ol Tobacco, passed and rein sed, which will shew that there is but litilc doing in tin* Tobanovvnv. Then* in no material change in prices, as vv 11' he seen horn tin* follow ing statement, ot the sales ol n passed lihds., on Mond iv the Hih, av eraging >'3 <*1 ; | | Ii 111 I s. p.lnsrd Lugs, av<ia*jing ^ I ( 0. Wedtiesilav the loth. In Idols. Passed To bacco, averaging S I 01 ; 0 hhd«. Primed I,eat, av eraging >‘J CV ; and II lihds. Pchi-rd Fugs, avera ging Si 05. Saturday the I3lh, 5 IiIi.In. Passed To baeeo, averaging $5 30; I lihds. Prfu«rd Fe if, .1 v • ring Sr> 0V; II hlidn. Pefiiserl Fugs, averaging *1 70. Flour, (dull at) f; 05 to ft 50 \Vlir-af, j no 0 00 ( oin, (per liariel.) 4 V5 fo 4 50 Meal, (per bushel.) 1 no to 0 00 Plnister, (per ton,) 15 00 to 00 00 Iron, (per toil,) 100 00 to 0 00 I letup, (per ton.) NO 00 to l/»ft 00 Baron by, vvnoles;/’* 00 0 to 00 |0 Clover Seed, y 00 to 0 00 Oats, (per bimhef,) 0 50 to 0 00 Salt, (per sack,) 4 V5 to 0 00 riuauiT. Down the river, .*0 10 to 0 Oft I p tho river, 0 05 fo ft 70 Plaistrr and Iron, (per fori,) H 50 fo ft Oil to * XTS7 K liavrjuM ricrivc d, and nnn iiavr on liand tin* .. s|»li'iMli«l liil'icl} of S VI> iim:hv, » «• Iiavr ever before nlfeiedfor sale ; Bridle Bitls ami Stirrups of every sl\h and quali ty ; Duckies; Webbs; Silk; 'larks; Martingale Hooks and Kings; Brass, Silver and Japnned Har ness Mountings; tine assortment Saddler’s'Pools of the best quality ; thirty do/.en Saddle Trees; Hog Skins; Fair Calf Skins; WYltiug Skins; Moroeeo Skins; Buek Skins; Seal Skins, Are. Ae. Sad dlers may ies| aSKsined that they ran obtain of us every article in general use in their line of business, at prices that will be satisfactory torhem; wc invite them to rail and examine our stork. T11UKMAN A: SCIKX LFIELD. May 11 it ts PETITION will be presented to the next -i Legislature of Virginia, praying the formation of a new county out of portions of the counties of, Bedford and Amherst, so as to locate the court house at Waugh’s Ferry. May l a . *s .Vf, »»* HOOKS. \% I me now n • mine tin* flin**l colln (ion ▼ ▼ oi hooks .i.i offeredin Lynchburg, i\r flic Kuinntii r ol N.itm , oi (lit* I lower Se asons, il Ins!rated l»> (he most In mill'll! crtj;iavim^s ; Hotlraitu n( (lie Hum ipal 1 • male Characters in the Waveily NioeL, with a|i|it opi iafe n lemin ; Sviin, file Holy Land, Vsia Minor, A. . illnsiiaied liv ph;,i did t.'‘ttgiax mi;* . (Jape d‘ A niitir, (lie Northern Tnu *is(, embellished Iiv 7d\uw , ot Lake an*! Mountain Srriiriv I, oidsi ape and Hisfornul I Host rations of *, otl »n * ami (In Waxnlx Nycis; Hinder’s Tab lean, a scrim <d Tliii Iren Se'*t|i . of National ('ha in Iii. Heaiity and C'. tilllir, slipcili rii';i aviti(*S ; (Jems ol He.hi i v, display ed iii a sei u s id I" rive high ly (ill Is lied «UUii\in^ . A, llalleiv nl buns , I leal It’s t iallc i v of Hi il isli me i ,«\int's hnappYle in lie Hloy.iapliv. Life in I oiulon . I.ile m Haris , W.ilkei’s AlnnU I! MJ|< Ise . Co" pit's Wotks ; Mil (nil’s Wo.ks , M.timin, l»\ \\ ■ 11 (« i S, nit ; (hay's Hofttli* ; Tales flout Sli tk^praie ; I’lie t ’ntta^ers ol f’lenlniinie ; Haeoli’s I . a \ - , splendid copies of all tin* Hurts; SeoltN Lax eoinplcte **rtfso( llu* \\ a veily and olhet Novel-* Sn.nlx xoxv, oi the J)oj; Hie ml, by M.nixati (’nnimon Hiaxet Hooks, of all mtahm s ; Hinton’s Analoiox ol Melancholy . The He.ii I, oi \ Me, i inn's t i ill . H L A N h |H n i|\ S, ot all kinds . (’hildim's Toy Hooks ; liratit it ill gilt Ho title Htame» , Hue Scieens; 1. opi a\m^s. A c . A, M\HTI.N A L ' I II \ M '1 ay li» ts it i % b i tin t nil n, i r i nnt sti r , II ^ III. mule i hi uni, irt m« ui Inf Mi It. iitu ill I i line \. nl Si I I amis, will aril, pinutih, llu lellowm K.ul Lstute, »»/ : I III* . \\ .'...I. II I .11. III. Ilf <ip|Ml lie lie l llOlUl'll III,(ill, ion I mi.. |||. , I i ,,i in. nt i,,i,in ,! it, t«. | \ in n in llieienl, |.,)'i|||i-| w uli mi uiu \ pai 11 I< . r ul in ui I \ In n Vtuis ii|mil (lie t iomul j oil w In, ii lie \ mii en i |i <| 'I I 'll I •»! .. V all I oniien.il. MIS I > 111111111; M ll|,n|| . in Ii. .lion f (U || Oil i'e la III III MU' ., lul It |l 1. 111 mill It I , ll|, 11 V | Oil. I, j II I he ! will Ml J n||l, I'll/ n III' I |l l.li |H I ol hum. .X, i It|>I• I\ in ||,c hiiI.,• ii!.. i III Ml \ 1*1 NMNtili »\. I ntfot II I nti,, M ii y II xi:h mo nr., ./.Vo a iar noons. / /»4 bsOscnbtr. Iu **»/**••;.* />* /«* * • llu Mtiilul I louse, Iml tlr. .Solm J. e,in i«, IS\« »\\ H It I' I \ I N < • iiiifl opening Ins s H K I \ < 1 SI HHL\ nl HIM t.omjx \ Ml (.1(0 <MUI>. II ax tot; put i based m at lx In * entii e s t • n k since the lie ax x pi ess ill • m the iiioim v in o ket, and 11.«x iii;; bought luxvn than those x\ ho hoti|;lil eat liei ill tin ra-.oii, lie I, el-* confident that lie "til ot let .in i*|rat itnllie,nieiits to liisliiemls ami ill* puli In ^efiei.illx, as any home iii tuvu. II * llu ir lore ratio Nllx solo its the ptiMu to i all and examine tot t hviilsf h es Ills stork < onsists ol alniost cvety arm If m tin l>K\ coons \NI> CK<>CKK\ I. I N I III IS, HOOTS %Af> SHOTS ol almost m ix kind and d* N« tiption, veix lo". t hie me a • all and I "ill i*i\ e x oil H \ U t •’ \ 1 \ S ruo.MAs ii s\i: \d. j May lf> ;tt 1 ^ 1 M I \ r || I l.tl I •• r . I ‘ .'si 1 ill \\ ,nl .mil I I tint's Ills i- w ilr,lot un i ly ! t aiu rw Barlrr, V nr v Bailee — I man itinl I,uey Ins Milt-, Imamily Lucy Bailee, ! - —-I it ei Ii ni'l I ll/a Ills w 11• , Immrily l .li/.a Haller, Jessr H.n lei . < m Inn l.en i, ami Nam \ Ins m ilr, loin inly Nam v I bi III is, a mil in • I nidi ru id .Its se I).ililis. dri d \symi me mil inhaliil.nils nl llns Slate, and tin* nnlm.iiv pinions ol lau cannot be ’served ii | hi n \ mi. you m ill |di i i it id, r lullin' ill it, I sb ill. on the liisi Monday in Align-,! next, (that being court d a \ ,) nlli i |nuot. in tin ( niililv i mill id t li.n lot11 . to establish tlie iinm. npativi w ill ol Vines I bibb,, dri 'd. late ol said count), m In i \oii call .ip pea» and 11 sis t tin* same, it ion t funk pm pet to do so. \\ II. M \ M Null.. Max Id In ii» ii ic s: \ o Ri o u i . f rill I >l HP ( RIB KR has taken lodgin i, to, I alra i lay s mil v. at tin I moll I lot id. m hefr he i Mill til' lid to all i ill, hum till' i III'IOIM in im|llll mg, ill relation to tin o n in i o| l*tl It 9; N0I.04. \ . Ml who m i s h to put this si inn i to tin* si.iii In rig lest ol /n a• 'ii ill i i /‘I 11mi nl, in (o ohl.ilIt a < > / > e> l and mitiufi di •( iiption ol 111• 11 own ehar.ieteis. talents, and dispnstioii, nl thoo o| then <1111, I )H K N, unhiding alike then strong and weak points, then virtues and then ladings, am invited to i dl. I*'mm a lung and i lost apphratmu to thi * sub• |ri t, and siii • esshil i-xpi in n* i in apply mg it to the II It in.i li head, In i, pirp.iied to nail.ml cvny ryaliil ii a I ion to be col I erl I do h ex a ill III a I ton will br ;n eolllpaiiied bv a • halt illlisl i at iv e ol the si n in r-—al so ito tin iiliged as to indicate and pirsirvi thr dr nciIpt11111 gjvru \ Id t.N/ < i IIAKTbKTT. May Id It • rm/en s iii;;x llrinK. iffn rat11 4 i'4i§nt4it t fnr44nt% at illMMIO 1)01.1. A BCS. nr.l’OSI I KN (il not le«s tli.in 1’ivr I > i »l I ;i r*:, «tll In* r« reived l» v tlm I nm it tit mu, and reitdi) r ites issued, liiiidm*’ lulls and In mis all funds and sind |'io|iMty in ned l»y tin* In t uition, lur tlr p • s mi til tin irol, upon ten da\> nolire, Iieariti'' interest frnill the date, at (lie i ate n| p< r eent. pel aiinitlii, lor ■*vie11 as mas lemaiii m\ limn lis ; | pri rentillu, lor Hiirli .is mas m main loin and not rxreei due! MX inonllis ; ami .5 per reiil. pei auniiui lor sm li as mas lie demanded uitlim lourmonths. iiisroi vi iia\s. Kserv TlmMns at f. 4 o’elork, 1*. .M., at tlie offua* of tin l until lit io*i, list- doors Inlou t|*e I’.iiinris' Hank. J<»HN KnHIN. M. 11A N IK K, PrwiidriH. 'V\\n&. MeKINNL V. Treamier. MO. ' !! NKSS II VI,!., Si . ifiarv. I> I 1C l: « I O 1C M .loHHla l». 11 (HUM'S, Jolin K. I>. I*ayni\ .1 <tlin Joliii M «• In iiiim*\. KoIm i I \V. < 'oI*|111«, January V'l .huiirs I . >tr\rn*. Ilnin I )iimiiri^inn, Win. 14. I. iiciistfr, I >.n pi I!. 14 vin n). v\if 131 J>. Sftriiu; mill ^imimn* Snpplt. S'l.ut in, .irifii's, I t BK r :i rli’s old N I ;i 11 d , M AS commenced receiving his Spring and Sum mer assortment id various kinds of C.UCiti.iUVS, (icucrally used m this section, and will continue so to receive, from time to time, throughout the year. En couraged hy past favors, he is determined to spare no pains or trouble to render the interest mutual on the part of those who Imy of him. I!#• particularly in vite an inspection and comparison of Carnages of his OWN M A N I’ F ACTU RE, (now on hand,) with those brought from the North. lie is also well prepared to r*'t eivc, put up and store Carriages, bought at the North, and shipped u> this place. Re pairs done a.s usual. ALSO, FOR SALE, 2 new Northern made Carry.ills, and second hand Carriages, Barouches and Sulkies. 31 arch 20 ts if Family Lard. 4 f 4 FCECS nir«* Leaf Lard for sale hy CHARLES PHELPS. M ay 1 .*> fc LATEST FROM NEW YORK. Tin# following letter from the New York corres pondent of the National Intelligencer gives h sue* emi t view «.f the most important matters by .Satur day ’s m.ul : Nlw Y'urk, May 9. I liatu London papers to the 7th, ai.d Liverpool to the dtb ult. The city article of the London runes announces that the New Y ork packet-ship ol the 1st March was talc graphed at Liverpool, and thil annoiincemcut appeals to have created quite a scuta* tint) in London. The effect f t the news in London we do not Irani. Site t arried out no specie. Re mittances fiom New York were expec ted with in tense ansiity. Raymenl* hud been delayed for till packets. They hope tb it 'lie returns from Amend will set .ill light! \ I as, what a delusive hope ! The I 'lcueh ministry bad not been re constructed. Tin* tailiiie ut tin attempt was the principal topic ul discussion in the Runs pape rs. Nothing of impor tance 11u111 .Spain. In a rapid run over the papuis, 1 see no othci politic a I news. It is certain that there i* to be i change iu tin* 1'icucli rniuistry. Mouj iM lotimiig it. Cotton is about the same, or a shade lower, if any thing. Salts an* few . Not many have money to buy The English money market is not in a good < ondition, and when we .nr heard from, it wilt not he bettered. I find no crumbs of comfort for out ovvn .1 111i< ted land. The London l imes ol 1st of April says, each ol the New \ *>rk pac kets duo (live were due) is ex* peeled to bimg VUU.UUU pounds sti lling, luch, in bul lion ’ The men hauls held their gn at meeting last night lon-ii ne the tepoit "I the committee liotn Wivslk 111•; 1 o11. Kcaolutiutm wrie pas^rd, but they prfjpOi-j (d no action. \ll was quiet ami calm. The uewi] papers w ill give ycm, the day alter you ge t tins, the proceeding* in detail, but they are nut ol stillicietij impiiriaiii <• for me to ombody them. The run* upon all the banks lit*to continue. Aj large sum lias been taken IVotn them »n spec it*. Thvj dcvclopmeiits about the Ihy [lock Hunk liavevcrj unit h .shaken public confide nee, and depositors in .min' case* arc w it lull aw mg (lie i deposited. lb' banks up town are luuhard by the mechauics. l/i uhuuf't liuiiii-.—The last tilohe informs u that the Secretary ol the Treasury had written a let tei to the colli i toi «.t .New York, in respect to tie icquc .i m ule by 111< late euiuniittec Innii that city* to have tho collettion ol all duty bond* to the L i States, postponed tdl n«\t J .ill ll i y. We ate glad t*| see that th<’ fairs of the government arc less obtus i than its dyiiijnilhu .•>, and that it is it last tiriren i til j a shew ol respcc l toi public opinion, though it ha no i ompassioti toi public calamity 0;’* Tlicodoic Nietdet, Esq. ol New (hleuus, gentleman ot hi:*h « haiaelei, committed suicide o the .1*1 lust being unable to stand the loss ol hi* toi tune hv the eliimge ol times. (| ^ * ILiliimorn begins .it length to coino m for ho -diale ol tilth* ultics There h ive been numorou lit-iiv v tailun s. — ON Wet I lie**! lay, tin- 1 Till mat. I will licit4 ii() cases Silk ami I'm Hats, j ;t i hU Al alai>a \Vme, j V cases ( 'niton ( 'aids, j VO lui\i • 11 unc11 Kaisin*, | III boxes Jlrown Snip, 1 10 boxes ( >nuii;e*, I 10 do lemons, I lit hails MiiioiiiIs, 1 6 ban* I1 ilbeits, | 6 boxes Sperm < mdb *, 1 I .Mahogany Swleboaid, 9 Heilstc uls, 'Tabbies, Wash-xtatnis, i (] /“ Salr in t iooniem c at 10 oVlnck. 9 Max lo CM MILKS I'MKliPH. m \\ ill be mhlei! to tin* Auction Sale, V ill* 3 i;ut I Saddle nml Harness Horses (\ l*. I \\ ill be added lo the above sale, D likely NK(iK I M \ V Tciiiik at sale, which will fake place at ! I o*« lock. ( II tKLKS PHKLPS. ■ .May 16 ids if m mi) i 'ii* x cent cos for S.1LI .rr.iti'Tio.v. SJf I' K S I' \ \ T to a derm* nl i In* <'minty Court \ min i a, |>ionoiim rd at March term, 1837, • a Mill tin 'inn depend ini’ hrtw re li Ja lilt’s (i. Christi.j in Ins nwn ii-III. and oltlir said .lames (i. (’hristi’. and Fiuilv Ins wile, Plaintiff \nd Manila ( In istian and others, Defeiiduuij The underM^ned, eoimiiissimiers in the said deer i n.unci!, Mill, mi the Ithh day ot June next, at Ai . hci>l ('niirthoiiM', (that being court day,) expose sale, |iy ua\ nl puhlie auction, two tiacts or p;*l ceU nl LWlJ in the said decree mentioned; t! one containing 55 acres and the other *.*7, lying a , [ In in hi fhe i iminfx of \ uiheist, ami on the waters lii*h I 'ml,, in the lie Hi hljoi hood of ('apt. Jen Kudu sou's—also, the slaves hvilin nml Frances, j the pincccdini's inenlioiied. A credit ol twel\ month'. Mill he given Im tin purchase money—t purchaser m pun Iiumts houd with approvj peisniial si cm it v. and the title to the laud Itself \ l»e retained as a further security for the purchase nj tiev ol the land. Kom.UT \\ INtJFIKM), ) <Wri .It )SK1M1 l\ N Lh, S 1 M iv 15 4w a iti i; nnucs lost. I r l 111 K cu ii of ilie undersigned, containing I I ITec Papers, ami oilier papers, were stohH liniii liis boat on Weilnesilay night last. llevH still able rows nl any person wlm will return his free | H pers in hull, or leave lli' in with Mr. Erolhliinghnil I ISKKKY JOHNSON fl May 16 *‘Jt ■ OraiiKt'A :md I.cuidiis. 1 ■ 1ST it ceiveil a fresh supply of Oranges a I • r I.onions, which can be recommended to buy* for i m I cr anil ipialil v. (' 11 \ R 1. KS PH Eli PS IVileut i’orlit l ISillo*. 1 ■•«>« HICT HII'I.KN.irmlSlrrlDa rets ; | Pl.-sTOl.S of vnriotls kinds; Hides; Pcrensi Primers ; linn \\ ipers, nnd Putem Pistol flasks. I or sale In Till IOIVNsV JiCHOOLTTF.LI ■ Mhv II if IS H To Planter* and Farmer*. I %l,rK have now in store a good supply (ierrll TT Burlaps, No. i, d, A and 0—Merthnn ■ Itichmond and Manchester Factory Cotton Oz H burgs; Tow Linens ; .*1-4, 4-4, A-4:iud fi-4 Brown Bleached < 'niton ( luths, all of which will be sob terms to suit the times. MARTIN, WARD & DAVIS J NOTICK, ■ IS HERKBV GIVEN, to all whom it may . rein, that no person is authorized to buy, trade, barter, collect, or receive iu my name, oij^| use mv name in am manner or form whatever. A. WINSTON* March R __ *-s (.1\DI£$. I JUS T received, a superior lot of rANDIfl which will be sold low, by wholesale or VH tail, at the sign of the /Joy A- Mortar. §l| POl RqHrf. A Ndc PALMERS M’rch Ufi f»i*